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Data Documentation Initiative Alliance

Alternative Names
  • Alliance for the Data Documentation Initiative (Also known as)
  • DDI Alliance (Also known as)
Url
http://www.ddialliance.org/
Summary

Alliance for the Data Documentation Initiative is an international coalition of diverse organizations that share a commitment to meeting the worldwide requirement of a publicly available standard for documenting social science data. The Alliance's purposes are to (a) oversee the continued development of the DDI standard, including revisions, corrections, and new releases; (b) promote the adoption of the DDI social science metadata standard by data producers, data archives, data users, and software suppliers; (c) offer entry-level and advanced training in the uses of the standard for all groups of potential adopters; (d) insofar as possible, ensure compatibility of the DDI standard with emerging metadata standards in other fields; and (e) resolve the varying and sometimes conflicting interests of the diverse community that is developing and using the DDI standard.

Related Specifications

  • Data Documentation Initiative

    The DDI Alliance is a self-sustaining membership organization whose members have a voice in the development of the DDI specification.

Resources

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Data Documentation Initiative Website, http://www.ddialliance.org/.

Prepared by: Rachel Tropea

Created: 3 March 2009