[DDI-ADG] minutes, DDI-ADG conference call 8/2/05

[Katherine McNeill-Harman]

Revision to the minutes:
- I intentded to put "Mary and Sanda will review..."; my brain must have 
swapped the two names ending in a "y"-- I'll send them out again.
- We know that Oliver chairs the CDG, but had down that you suggested to 
send it to the SRG for their information, but address it to Oliver as the 
chair of the CDG.  If you think my email to them was unclear, feel free to 
reply and add any additional info.

Kate

At 11:31 AM 8/2/2005 -0500, Wendy Thomas wrote:
>Just a couple of comments. Oliver chairs the CDG (comparative) rather than
>the SRG (structural reform). Um...I didn't volunteer to go through those
>tags and will have no time to do so. Sorry about that, but I've really got
>my hands full with the SRG.
>
>Wendy
>
>On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Katherine McNeill-Harman wrote:
>
> > Following are brief minutes from today's conference call (let me know any
> > corrections that need to be made); J, please make note of action item #4
> > for which we volunteered you.
> >
> > Minutes
> > DDI Aggregate Data, Geography & Time Working Group
> > August 2, 2005, 11am-12pm U.S. EDT
> > Present: Sanda Ionescu, Kate McNeill-Harman (minutes), Ken Miller, Wendy
> > Thomas, Mary Vardigan
> >
> > Action Items:
> > 1. Kate will forward to the SRG (addressed to Oliver Watteler) the time
> > method definitions she gathered for their use in creating the controlled
> > vocabulary.  She will remind them to include time method indicators for
> > stand-alone data files that might not be considered comparative data, and
> > offer our group's help on this if needed.
> > 2. Kate will try to locate an ISO (or other) standard for describing
> > frequencies.
> > 3. Wendy and Sanda will review the DDI and pull out a list of elements with
> > date stamps.
> > 4. J should summarize the time decisions to date in a spreadsheet (similar
> > to the one for geography), looking at the structure outlined in the
> > TemporalCoverage section of the "reusable classes" sheet of the
> > spreadsheet, DDI-Version3-SRG_TagNames.xls.  This should be done this week
> > in order to provide time for review and comment before the next meeting.
> >
> > Minutes:
> > The group continued the discussion of time method.  It was indicated that
> > the Comparative Data Group will be developing suggested controlled
> > vocabulary for time method.  Members agreed to send that group the
> > information gathered thus far on definitions for them to incorporate,
> > emphasizing their need to include aspects of time method that may not refer
> > to families of datasets.
> >
> > Members then discussed the role of administrative dates and how those
> > should relate to the content-related dates discussed thus far.  This
> > included a discussion of the role of versions.  Wendy reported that the SRG
> > will be working on this.
> >
> > It was also agreed that it would be helpful to review how dates are used
> > throughout the DDI.  For example, it might be helpful to have date stamps
> > in multiple other elements to serve as placeholders for authors to remind
> > them that they might want to indicate the date aspect of a particular
> > element.   Wendy and Sanda volunteered to do this.
> >
> > Members agreed to have frequency as a strongly-typed variable with a
> > controlled vocabulary.  Kate will try to locate an ISO (or other) standard
> > for describing frequencies.  It was agreed that an "other" option should be
> > provided in case the study has a frequency not provided by the given
> > choices.  It was mentioned that frequency could apply to groups of studies
> > (e.g. a periodic survey that is done annually), a single study (a time
> > series with annual data), or a variable (a data set with annual data for
> > some variables and quarterly data for others).  Therefore it was mentioned
> > that frequency may be helpful as a reusable class that could be applied at
> > the variable level as well.
> >
> > The group agreed that next week should be the last phone conference to
> > discuss time, after which (or even starting in the next meeting, if
> > possible) they would move onto aggregate data.  In order to do this, J will
> > need to incorporate today's and previous time discussions into a
> > spreadsheet (similar to the one for geography), looking at the structure
> > outlined in the TemporalCoverage section of the "reusable classes" sheet of
> > the spreadsheet, DDI-Version3-SRG_TagNames.xls.  The group will then review
> > this, and the date stamps, at the next meeting, and make final decisions on
> > time.
> >
> > ___________________________________________
> > Katherine McNeill-Harman
> > Data Services Librarian
> > Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences
> > Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Katherine McNeill-Harman
Data Services Librarian
Dewey Library for Management and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E53-100
Cambridge, MA 02139
mcneillh at mit.edu
617-253-0787