Working Papers
The DDI Working Paper Series (ISSN 2153-8247) is intended as a dynamic publication avenue for authors working in the DDI space. Currently, the series includes papers on new and emerging themes as well as papers on best practices and use case literature.
If you are interested in publishing a paper to be part of the DDI Working Paper Series, please contact the DDI Alliance Director.
Exploring the Relationship Between DDI, SDMX and the Generic Statistical Business Process Model
This paper, presented at the Second Annual European DDI Users Group Meeting in Utrecht, Netherlands, in December 2010, investigates the similarities and degree of overlap among the DDI, SDMX, and GSBPM standards.
Representing and Utilizing DDI in Relational Databases
This paper, which resulted from a workship hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Educational Research and Educational Information (DIPF) and held in Frankfurt, Germany, on April 7-8, 2011, explores the use of relational databases to represent DDI XML.
Communicating in Time and Space: How to Overcome Incompatible Frames of Reference of Producers and Users of Archival Data
This paper, written by Professor Bo Sundgren of Stockholm University, was the basis of the Keynote Address at the European DDI Users Group Meeting (EDDI) held December 5-6, 2011, at the Swedish National Data Service (SND) in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Developing a Model-Driven DDI Specification
This paper, an outcome of a 2012 Dagstuhl seminar on "DDI Moving Forward," captures the decisions and deliberations of the seminar participants on the approach to creating a new model-based standard.
A Qualitative Data Model for DDI
This paper, informed by key qualitative data use cases, presents a model describing qualitative data.