16th European DDI Users Conference, Chur

Session

Poster Session

4 Dec 2024, 12:45

Aula (University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons (Pulvermühlestrasse 57))

49. Build software in the DDI Developers community

Ingo Barkow (FHGR), Johan Fihn Marberg (Swedish National Data Service), Oliver Hopt, Olof Olsson (Swedish National Data Service (SND))

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

This is an informal group for developers of software implementations based on DDI. The group gets together periodically to discuss their implementations of the DDI specification. Join us at our poster to discuss developing software with DDI or if you are interested in the DDI Hackathons.
https://github.com/ddi-developers/

40. DDI-CDI Converter Prototype: Generating Wide Tables for Stata & SPSS

Benjamin Beuster (Sikt - Norwegian agency for shared services in education and research)

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

The DDI-CDI Converter Prototype is a Python-based web application designed to convert proprietary statistical files from Stata and SPSS into the open DDI-CDI format. This tool addresses the growing need for data interoperability and sharing by transforming closed data formats into a standardized, machine-readable structure. By converting both data and metadata from Stata and SPSS, including...

54. Engaging with the DDI Strategic and Scientific Work Plans

Jared Lyle (ICPSR, University of Michigan)

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

Earlier this year, the DDI Alliance Executive Board and the Scientific Board announced a new DDI Strategic Plan, 2024-2027 and the complementary new DDI Scientific Work Plan, 2024-2026. These documents represent the culmination of collaborative efforts and thoughtful input from our community, and they are now ready for implementation and use.

This poster will highlight the focal points of...

41. Metadata training as a foundation for DDI implementation

Dr Becky Oldroyd (CLOSER, UCL)

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

[CLOSER][1] is the interdisciplinary partnership of leading social and biomedical longitudinal population studies (LPS), the UK Data Service and The British Library. One of our areas of focus is training and capacity building. We currently offer free, online educational resources on our [Learning Hub][2] on a range of LPS-related topics, including [Understanding metadata][3], which provides a...

58. Populating a DDI Codebook using R

Adrian Dusa (University of Bucharest)

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

As more and more data producers and research institutions are interested in documenting their data, following the often mandatory Data Management Plan, they find themselves in need for ready to use software tools that are capable of creating and modifying a Codebook, in the vein of Nesstar Publisher.
Until such a software will appear, it is possible to fully populate a DDI Codebook using the...

12. Use of Artificial Intelligence in Metadata Creation in the Social Science Japan Data Archive: Metadata Extraction in Social Surveys Using Large Language Models

Takenori Konaka

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

To improve the effectiveness of metadata production in Japanese for social surveys, the Social Science Japan Data Archive (SSJDA) at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Social Science has built a metadata extraction method using OpenAI's API. Since April 1998, SSJDA has been steadily providing data by making metadata manually. However, with the increase in deposited data, we need to improve...

14. Using the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) to Strengthen the Religion Research Community

Tom Clark (University of Sheffield)

04/12/2024, 12:45

Poster

Founded in 1997, the Association of Religion Data Archives strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. The ARDA includes American and international data collection and a host of free resources. Data included in the ARDA are submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. This poster will introduce three major initiatives that are building upon and...