DDI Publications

Below are DDI-related publications, presentations, posters, working papers, and workshops. If you know about content not already listed, please see our Add Publications page.

1031.
DDI: does it have a life beyond IASSIST?
1032.
Survey metadata documentation
1033.
Using XML Mapper and XMLMAP to Read Data Documented by Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Files
Hoyle L.  2005.  Using XML Mapper and XMLMAP to Read Data Documented by Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Files. SAS Users Group International Conference 30 (SUGI30).

Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) files are XML “codebooks” for social science data. A DDI file can describe itself, the conditions under which the data were collected, the data file format, and the variables in the file. SAS XMLMAP...
1034.
DDI and data
1035.
Upgrading ABC News/Washington Post data collections using DDI and legacy databases
1036.
How Initiative Benefits the Research Community - the Data Documentation Initiative
Miller K, Vardigan M.  2005.  How Initiative Benefits the Research Community - the Data Documentation Initiative. First International Conference on e-Social Science.

This paper describes the development, establishment and adoption of an international XML-based standard for the content, presentation, transport, and preservation of documentation for datasets in the social and behavioural sciences. It...
1037.
Bring your tables to the Web
1038.
Strengths and weaknesses of the DDI Aggregate Data Extension in directly driving an on-line data visualisation system
1039.
Inside view of DDI Version 3.0: Structural Reform Group report
1040.
DDI Comparative Data Working Group: introduction and status