SDTL v1.0

RDF Namespace: http://rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org/sdtl

SDTL greatly enhances the value of DDI, because it is a key component of an automated metadata production process. Currently, DDI metadata is almost always created by data repositories not by data producers. Even when data are born digital, data producers discard provenance information that could be transported into DDI, because they do data management and variable transformations in statistical packages with minimal metadata capabilities. SDTL and the tools created by the C2Metadata Project are designed to create a metadata life cycle that parallels the data life cycle. The same scripts that are used to transform and manage data files can be used to update metadata files. As a result, data producers can create more accurate and complete DDI metadata with less time and effort for them and for data repositories.