Entering A New ERA : The European Research Area

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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• CESSDA Council of European Social Science Data
  Archives
• IDC Integrated Data Catalogue
• DDI Data Documentation Initiative
• XML Extensible Markup Language
• LIMBER Language Independent Metadata Browsing of
  European Resources
• FASTER Flexible Access to Statistics, Tables and
  Electronic Resources
• ELSST European Language Social Science
  Thesaurus

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• The Fantasy
• Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of
  the European Research Area
• The Problems
• Data, information and knowledge are scattered
• Comparative research hampered by language and
  institutional barriers
• The Result
• Single-Nation data, researchers and audience
• Non-development of research processes that
  integrate and nurture the entire European
  Research Area.

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• The Plan
• Develop an integrated and effective distributed
  social science portal to facilitate access to a
  range of data archives and disparate resources.
• Employ a multi-lingual thesaurus to break the
  language barriers to the discovery of key
  resources.
• Implement traditional searching of relevant
  metadata descriptors, thematic Yahoo-style
  browsing of subject hierarchies, geographical
  location through a map interface and specialised
  search for comparative data.

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• The Major Issues
• 300 plus elements in the DDI
• Different interpretation of those elements
• Language within and across resources
• Multiple version of the same resource
• Subject classification schemes
• Thesauri and indexing
• Controlled vocabularies on DDI elements
• Geography and Time
• Comparative criteria

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• The Reality

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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300 plus elements in the DDI
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Different interpretation of those elements
• Recommended elements supported
• Interpretation of specific DDI elements
• Language within and across resources
• Languages supported
• Use of xmllang attribute
• Interfaces user preference

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Multiple version of the same resource
• Single multi-language entry
• Single entry with links
• Multiple entries with common ISBN
• Definitive version of data
• Access control
• Performance figures

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Subject classification schemes
• ECONOMICS
  
• LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
• POLITICS
• LAW, CRIME AND LEGAL SYSTEMS
• EDUCATION
• INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
• HEALTH
• NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
• HOUSING AND LAND USE PLANNING
• TRANSPORT, TRAVEL (AND MOBILITY)
• SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND GROUPINGS
• DEMOGRAPHY(POPULATION, VITAL STATISTICS AND
  CENSUSES)
• SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
• SOCIETY AND CULTURE
• LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY see also Information and
  communication technology
• PSYCHOLOGY/COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES
• EARTH SCIENCES

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Subject classification schemes
  
  
• ECONOMICS
  
• economic conditions and indicators
• consumption/consumer behaviour
• economic policy
• income property and investment
• rural economics
• trade industry and markets
• economic development
•  
• LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
• employment
• unemployment
• retirement
• training
• labour relations/conflict
•  
• POLITICS
• mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Thesauri and indexing
• Broad level thesaurus - ELSST
  
  
• Specific language extensions
• Assigned keyword translation
• Free text utilisation
• Synonym capture
• Central resource maintenance
• Mapping partial equivalence

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Controlled vocabularies on DDI elements

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area

• Controlled vocabularies on DDI elements
• NIWI Social Research Methodology Thesaurus

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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European Research Area

• Geography and Time
• Standardise
• Map interface
• Map displays
• Comparative criteria
• DDI elements to display
• Matching of datasets
• Research feedback

Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
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Entering A New ERA The
European Research Area
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002
Ken Miller UK Data
Archive University Of Essex June 11-15,
2002