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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>First, I want to
apologize for setting up the call at a time when Europeans can't participate.
Will do better next time.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Second, I have been
struggling with how to evaluate the parts of the schema that our group
developed. I have found it useful to look through the PDF document that was
created from XMLSpy and is found on the sourceforge site at:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006><A
href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=100852&package_id=108463">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=100852&package_id=108463</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>and is
called:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ddi-alliance/DDI30_2006-03-24_xmlspy_pdf.zip?download"><FONT
color=#003399>DDI30_2006-03-24_xmlspy_pdf.zip</FONT></A> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>It's 899
pages but has some very helpful diagrams. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Also,
helpful is this page:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006><A
href="http://ddi-alliance.sourceforge.net/documentation/3.0/2006-03-24/xsddoc/">http://ddi-alliance.sourceforge.net/documentation/3.0/2006-03-24/xsddoc/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Click on
the reusable module link to see the geography and time elements and on the
physicalproduct/ncubes submodules to see the nCube structures.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Also
helpful is Pascal's page at: <A
href="http://www.opendatafoundation.org/infocenter/index.jsp">http://www.opendatafoundation.org/infocenter/index.jsp</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Expand
the DDI "book" on the left and click on Modules.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>J, can
you suggest other things we might look at and what we should be paying attention
to? For me and I imagine for many of us, the schema is much harder to decipher
than the DTD was, so I tend to get confused easily. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006>Related
to this, I was wondering how important you think it is that we all "understand"
schema. Might there be some way we could provide the Expert Committee
a brief tutorial in unders<SPAN class=060014917-24042006>tanding how
schemas work and how things fit together? Ideally, this would take place before
the DDI meeting in May (through a Webcast, possibly?), but if that can't happen,
should we think about providing some of this basic information at the meeting?
Not everyone will be going to the workshop on
Tuesday.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=060014917-24042006></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=161081020-24042006><SPAN
class=060014917-24042006>Interested to hear what you all are
thinking...</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=161081020-24042006>Mary</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary Vardigan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Assistant Director, ICPSR</FONT></DIV>
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