[Rdap] FW: North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) Conference

[Konkiel, Stacy Rose]

The first annual North American Data Documentation Initiative (NADDI) Conference will be held April 2-3, 2013 in Lawrence, Kansas. Details including agenda and online registration are available at: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/.<http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/> Please register by March 5, 2013. A reduced registration rate is available for a limited number of graduate students.  Following the conference, on April 4th, there will be a full day of training on the use of DDI. More information about the training is available at: http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/training.shtml



DDI is an international data standard for the observation and measurement of human activity. Although primarily used by quantitative social scientists, an increasing number of scientists in other disciplines are embracing DDI to document and manage their data and metadata. More information about DDI is available at: http://www.ddialliance.org/.



This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Jay Greenfield <http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/naddi/JayGreenfield.shtml of Booz Allen Hamilton where he is the semantic architect for a DDI Lifecycle based metadata system that supports the National Children's Study (NCS).



The conference will be informative, interesting, and educational. There will be presentations on the use of DDI in research programs and data repositories, developments with DDI and demonstrations of new DDI tools. The NADDI Conference is an opportunity for those using DDI and those interested in learning more about it to come together and learn from each other. Patterned after the successful European DDI conference (EDDI), the conference will of interest to both researchers and data professionals in the social sciences and other disciplines.



Please forward this information to any colleagues who might be interested. Hope to see you in April!



on behalf of the Institute for Policy & Social Research,

Xan Wedel

Institute for Policy & Social Research

The University of Kansas

1541 Lilac Lane, 607 Blake Hall

Lawrence, KS 66045-3129




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