[DDI-SRG] [Fwd: DDI3 Instumentation question]

[Wendy Thomas]

I don't see why. When would an instrument designed for a piece of software 
use an alternative code? Is there a use case for this?

wendy


On Tue, 11 Sep 2007, Pascal Heus wrote:

> Dan:
> just looked at tour bug. There is a r:Software element available as a child 
> of the Instrument. Do we need to be able to reference/override this at the 
> CodeType level?
> thanks
> *P
>
> Dan Smith wrote:
>
>> Also, this may be applicable to the question:
>> http://mantis.ddialliance.org/view.php?id=31
>> 
>> cheers, dan
>> 
>> Pascal Heus wrote:
>> 
>>> Tom:
>>> I have received the query below from a tool developer at the Dansk Data
>>> Archive. Could you circulate this on the Instrument Documentation group
>>> and let us know if we have any answer.
>>> many thanks
>>> Pascal
>>> 
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: 	DDI3 Instumentation question
>>> Date: 	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:52:32 +0200
>>> From: 	Jannik Vestergaard Jensen <jvj at dda.dk>
>>> To: 	Pascal Heus <pascal.heus at gmail.com>, J Gager <j.b.gager at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I have a question regarding DDI3 markup. Is there a convention reagrding
>>> the condition code tag in: if, ifthen … etc in the instumentation of the
>>> datacollection.
>>> 
>>> Eg.:
>>> Taken from, live url:
>>> _http://www.ddialliance.org/DDI/ddi3/questionExample.xml_
>>> <dc:IfThenElse>
>>>   <r:Identification><r:ID>IFTE_1</r:ID></r:Identification>
>>>   <dc:IfCondition>
>>>         <r:Code>*If yes [response = 1]*</r:Code>
>>>         <r:SourceQuestion><r:ID>IQ_2</r:ID></r:SourceQuestion>
>>>   </dc:IfCondition>
>>>   …
>>> 
>>> Taken from: DDI3.0 Handbook, A crystal clear introduction to DDI3.0,
>>> IASSIST Conference 2007
>>> Markup Example: American National Election Study, 2004
>>> <dc:IfThenElse>
>>>   <r:Identification><r:ID>IfThenElse_1</r:ID></r:Identification>
>>>   <dc:IfCondition>
>>>         <r:Code>*If 1 thru 7*</r:Code>
>>>         <r:SourceQuestion><r:ID>QC_A7</r:ID></r:SourceQuestion>
>>>   </dc:IfCondition>
>>>   ...
>>> 
>>> There does not seen to be a standard/ convention to bescribe the exact
>>> condition, is this so or am I missing something?
>>> 
>>> Med venlig hilsen/ best regards
>>> Jannik V. Jensen
>>> 
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>>> 
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