[DDI-ADG] Sample markup using ICPSR study no 9405

[Katherine McNeill-Harman]

Sanda,

Thanks for your work on this.  I have some thoughts on some of your 
questions.  Moreover, I would have marked up information in the study 
slightly differently, based on my understanding of the meaning of certain 
elements.  I believe that  <GeographicLevelCode> would be a numeric code 
for a geographic level (I don't know what these are, but just to make 
something up, 1=world, 2=continent, 3=country, etc.) and 
<GeographicLevelName> would be the textual name of that geographic level 
(e.g. "country").  As I understand it, these are both describing the level, 
whereas "United States" is a value rather than a level.  Following (and 
attached) is an example of how I might do it (taking some liberties of 
making up codes, for the sake of the example).  I do echo Sanda's concern 
about wanted to build in hierarchical relationships, and as I said in my 
earlier email, I wonder if these three sections (coverage, intermediate, 
unit) could be integrated:

<GeographicCoverage>
         <GeographicLevelCode>3</GeographicLevelCode>
         <GeographicLevelName>Country</GeographicLevelName>
         <GeographyValues>
                 <GeographicName>United States</GeographicName>
[I'm not quite clear here whether authority and code are attributes or 
elements; for simplicity I'm using the latter, but am not sure what's best]
                 <GeographyCode>
                         <Authority>ISO</Authority>
                         <Code>us</Code>
                 </GeographyCode>
         </GeographyValues>
[Following is my attempt at an example of where the values are indicated 
here (showing how a code would be associated with a name), as opposed to 
pointing to a particular variable, but that also should be an option]
         <IntermediateGeography>
                 <GeographicLevelCode>4</GeographicLevelCode>
                 <GeographicLevelName>Region</GeographicLevelName>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>1</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>New England</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>2</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>Middle Atlantic</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
[...etc., through all the regions]
         </IntermediateGeography>
         <IntermediateGeography>
                 <GeographicLevelCode>5</GeographicLevelCode>
                 <GeographicLevelName>State</GeographicLevelName>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>1</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>Alabama</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>2</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>Alaska</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
[...etc., through all the states]
         </IntermediateGeography>
         <GeographicalUnit>
                 <GeographicLevelCode>6</GeographicLevelCode>
                 <GeographicLevelName>County</GeographicLevelName>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>1</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>Autauga</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
                 <GeographyValues>
                         <GeographyCode>
                                 <Authority>US Census Bureau</Authority>
                                 <Code>2</Code>
                         </GeographyCode>
                         <GeographyName>Baldwin</GeographyName>
                 </GeographyValues>
[...etc., through all the counties]
         </GeographicalUnit>
</GeographicCoverage>

Yet I'm not sure how a given sub-geography code (e.g. county) would be 
associated with being in a higher level (e.g. state).  Maybe this is where 
some hierarchical relationship comes in.

Look forward to talking tomorrow,
Kate

At 10:24 AM 7/11/2005 -0400, Sanda Ionescu wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>Attached is the attempt at using J's new model for geogCover to markup our 
>old example.
>Again, it contains some questions that I hope we can clarify.
>Structurally,  I still feel very strongly that we need to be able to 
>describe all levels, from highest to lowest, in a hierarchical manner.
>
>Cheers,
>Sanda.
>
>
>
>Sanda Ionescu,
>Research Associate
>Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
>The University of Michigan
>P.O. Box 1248
>Ann Arbor, MI 48106
>
>Phone: (734) 615-7890
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>        (734) 647-8200
>
>
>
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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
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