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Life of a Dataset: DisseminateWednesday, January 30, 2013

Program Outline• Life of a Dataset, short introduction• Dissemination

– Goal of Dissemination– Metadata– Release– Means of Dissemination– Post-Dissemination Enhancements

Life of a Dataset - the Web site

• www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/datamanagement/life-of-dataset.html

Dissemination• The goal of data processing and enhancement is to render data

usable to researchers interested in accessing them after they are deposited in a repository. In the social sciences, archives add value to data by making them easier to use for secondary analysis.

Metadata• Technical documentation or the codebook

– XML – eXtensibe Markup Language• Developed by W3C, the governing body for all Web

standards• For example: <question>Do you own your own

home?</question> – DDI – Data Documentation Initiative (ddialliance.org)

• Written in XML• Has rules specially for describing social, behavioral and

economic data• Offers authoring tools on Web site

Metadata View (external)

Metadata Viewer (internal)

Metadata Reviewer’s Duties

• Build study-level and dataset-level metadata– Works cooperatively with the Process to complete

tasks needed to provide quality document to support data

• Build document set– Performs Quality Checks on all documentation– Digitizes any hard copy documentation and converts

that to .pdf format– Assembles and conveys documentation to Processor

Release Manager’s Duties

• Prepares data to be released through the Web site, SDA, and/or restricted data use agreements.

Web Manager’s Duties• Announce the new study

– Register DOI – Post announcement to ICPSR blog and email list about recent

updates and new studies

Means of Dissemination

• Public and Member’s Only Studies

Means of Dissemination• Restricted and Enclave Studies

Post-Dissemination Enhancements• Instructional Materials

– Data-Driven Learning Guides– Exercise Sets

• Bibliography of Data-Related Literature

Email Lists

Contacts

• Matthew Richardson, Web Project Manager, matvey@umich.edu , 734-615-7901

• Sue Hodge, Instructional Resources, shodge@umich.edu, 734-615-7850

Thank you!

Life of a Dataset: DisseminateWednesday, January 30, 2013