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3.2

Colectica Questionnaires

Submitted by lyle on Mon, 2018-01-08 00:58
Owner: 
Dan Smith
Description: 

Colectica Questionnaires is a survey specification creator. Surveys designed with Colectica Questionnaires can be published to multiple formats including pdf specifications, paper forms, DDI, and Blaise source code. Colectica Questionnaires can also work with Colectica Repository serving as a reusable question bank.

URL for web site about this tool: 
https://www.colectica.com/software/questionnaires/
Creator(s)
Name(s) of individual author(s)/programmer(s): 
Colectica
Name(s) of institution(s): 
Colectica
Contact email: 
support@colectica.com
URL of web page of institution, project group etc: 
https://www.colectica.com/
Availability: 
In production
Latest Version: 
5.4
Operating system requirements
Supported Operating Systems: 
Win32
Win64
DDI version(s) supported: 
3.2
3.3
Type: 
Tool
Exports DDI XML: 
Yes
Imports DDI XML: 
Yes

Mapper

Submitted by lyle on Thu, 2017-01-19 16:10
Description: 

Mapper is a web-app that provides a user interface to the complex task of connecting questions and variables and applying a controlled vocabulary to items.

URL for web site about this tool: 
https://github.com/CLOSER-Cohorts/mapper
Creator(s)
Name(s) of individual author(s)/programmer(s): 
Will Poynter
Availability: 
In production
DDI version(s) supported: 
3.2
Type: 
Tool

Archivist

Submitted by lyle on Thu, 2017-01-19 16:05
Description: 

Archivist is a modern web-based questionnaire editor that is capable of importing and exporting the DDI3.2 Questionnaire Profile.

URL for web site about this tool: 
https://github.com/CLOSER-Cohorts/archivist
Creator(s)
Name(s) of individual author(s)/programmer(s): 
Will Poynter
Availability: 
In production
DDI version(s) supported: 
3.2
Type: 
Tool

Why Metadata Is Awesome

This training module, developed by Jon Johnson, features the following sections:

  • A short digression on metadata
  • Questionnaire inputs and outputs
  • Metadata standards
  • Implementing processes in a complex environment
  • CLOSER Search Platform Development
  • The integration of metadata and data management
  • New research possibilities