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

[Dan Smith]

The idea was to be able to describe the conditions or assignments using
a CATI-neutral language, such as MathML, CommonRules/RuleML, or some
other standard.


Wendy Thomas wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>> Dansk Data Arkiv
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>>>> Email: _jvj at dda.dk_ <mailto:jvj at dda.dk> - web: _www.dda.dk_
>>>> <file://www.dda.dk>
>>>>
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