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Data Documentation Initiative Lifecycle

Abbreviation: DDI-Lifecycle

General Information

Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Lifecycle (DDI-Lifecycle, DDI-L) is designed to document and manage data across the entire life cycle, from conceptualization to data publication, analysis and beyond. The freely available international DDI standards describe data that result from observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences. DDI is used to document data in over 80 countries of the world. It encompasses all of the DDI-Codebook specification and extends it. Based on XML Schemas, DDI-Lifecycle is modular and extensible.

Homepage https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.3/

Countries that developed this resource Worldwide

Created in 2008

Taxonomic range

Homo sapiens

Knowledge Domains

Subjects

How to cite this record FAIRsharing.org: DDI-Lifecycle; Data Documentation Initiative Lifecycle; DOI: https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.1t5ws6; Last edited: April 27, 2021, 2:11 p.m.; Last accessed: Jul 30 2021 5:50 p.m.

This record is maintained by jlyle ORCID

Record added: July 22, 2015, 12:39 p.m.
Record updated: April 20, 2021, 4:53 p.m. by The FAIRsharing Team.

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		After: Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Lifecycle (DDI-Lifecycle, DDI-L) is designed to document and manage data across the entire life cycle, from conceptualization to data publication, analysis and beyond. The freely available international DDI standards describe data that result from observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences. DDI is used to document data in over 80 countries of the world. It encompasses all of the DDI-Codebook specification and extends it. Based on XML Schemas, DDI-Lifecycle is modular and extensible.

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		After: The freely available international DDI standard describes data that result from observational methods in the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences. DDI is used to document data in over 80 countries of the world.

In Collections

National Child Development Study (UK)

Support

General

FAQ	FAQ
contact form	Contact Form
support email	General Contact
help	Download Documentation (ZIP)
online documentation	Technical Guide
online documentation	Implementation Guide
online documentation	DDI-L Model Documentation v3.3
schema file	Schema v3.3
training	Training Library
twitter	@DDIAlliance

Additional Information

Contact

Wendy Thomas ORCID

Tools

DDI Tools

http://www.ddialliance.org/resources/tools

Schemas

https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.3/XMLSchema/

No XSD schemas defined

Access / Retrieve Data

Conditions of Use

Applies to: Data use

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Data Release

View / Download Specification v3.3

https://ddialliance.org/Specification/DDI-Lifecycle/3.3/XMLSchema/Fiel ...

Publications

The data documentation initiative: a preservation standard for research

Rasmussen KB, Blank G
Archival Science 2007

View Publication

The Data Documentation Initiative The Value and Significance of a Worldwide Standard

Blank G
Social Science Computer Review 2004

Data Documentation Initiative: Toward a Standard for the Social Sciences

Mary Vardigan, Pascal Heus, Wendy Thomas
International Journal of Digital Curation 2008

View Publication

Related Standards

Reporting Guidelines

No guidelines defined

Terminology Artifacts

Data Documentation Initiative Controlled Vocabularies

Models and Formats

Identifier Schemas

No identifier schema standards defined

Metrics

No metrics standards defined

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UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is an internationally acknowledged centre of expertise in acquiring, curating and providing access to social science and humanities data. We were founded in 1967, at the University of Essex, with the support of the then Social Science Research Council, with the aim of curating high-quality research data for analysis and reuse. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has continued to provide long-term commitment to the Data Archive and we are now a significant part of their UK data infrastructure. Since 2005 we have been designated a Place of Deposit by the National Archives, allowing us to curate public records. The UK Data Archive is the lead organisation of the UK Data Service, which provides unified access to the UK's largest collection of social, economic and population data. Funded by the ESRC, the UK Data Service provides access to regional, national and international social and economic data, support for policy-relevant research and guidance and training for the development of skills in data use.

CLOSER Discovery
CLOSER Discovery enables researchers to search and browse questionnaires and data from eight leading UK longitudinal studies. Relevant survey questions and variables, which can be filtered by study, topic and life stage, are available. Accessing data from each study varies according to the source and data type.

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The Data Depot Repository (DDR) is the platform for curation and publication of datasets generated in the course of natural hazards research. The DDR is an open access data repository that enables data producers to safely store, share, organize, and describe research data, towards permanent publication, distribution and impact evaluation. The DDR allows data consumers to discover, search for, access, and reuse published data in an effort to accelerate research discovery. The DDR is one component of the DesignSafe cyberinfrastructure, which represents a comprehensive research environment that provides cloud-based tools to manage, analyze, understand, and publish critical data for research to understand the impacts of natural hazards. DesignSafe is part of the NSF-supported Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI), and aligns with its mission to provide the natural hazards research community with open access, shared-use scholarship, education, and community resources aimed at supporting civil infrastructure prior to, during, and following natural disasters. However, DesignSafe also supports the broader natural hazards research community that extends beyond the NHERI network.

Implementing Policies

ESRC Data Policies and Standards

Credit

Record Maintainer

This record is maintained by jlyle ORCID

Funds

National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (Government body)
Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance (Consortium) Lead

Maintains

Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance (Consortium) Lead

Grant Number(s)

SBR-9617813 (National Science Foundation (NSF), USA)

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