alliance-experts -- DDI Alliance expert committee list
About alliance-experts	English (USA)
The Alliance for the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an organization formed to establish an international standard and methodology for the content, presentation, transport, and preservation of "metadata" about datasets in the social and behavioral sciences. The decision-making body charged with the development of the DDI specification is called the Alliance Expert Committee. Alliance member institutions each appoint one representative to the Expert Committee. The purpose of this list is to allow the Alliance Experts to communicate with each other to facilitate their work. The current DDI specification is an eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Document Type Definition (DTD) that expresses the DDI model. To see the DTD and other information about the project please go to the <A href=HTTP://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DDI/> DDI Web site </a>. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the alliance-experts Archives. (The current archive is only available to the list members.)
Using alliance-experts
To post a message to all the list members, send email to alliance-experts@icpsr.umich.edu. You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription, in the sections below.
Subscribing to alliance-experts
Subscribe to alliance-experts by filling out the following form. You will be sent email requesting confirmation, to prevent others from gratuitously subscribing you. Once confirmation is received, your request will be held for approval by the list moderator. You will be notified of the moderator's decision by email. This is also a private list, which means that the list of members is not available to non-members. Your email address:   Your name (optional):   You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing with your subscription. Do not use a valuable password as it will occasionally be emailed back to you in cleartext. If you choose not to enter a password, one will be automatically generated for you, and it will be sent to you once you've confirmed your subscription. You can always request a mail-back of your password when you edit your personal options. Pick a password:   Reenter password to confirm:   Which language do you prefer to display your messages? English (USA)   Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? No Yes
alliance-experts Subscribers
(The subscribers list is only available to the list members.) Enter your address and password to visit the subscribers list: Address: Password:    To unsubscribe from alliance-experts, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address: If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address