Developing the DDI and Its Applications in Taiwan
Alfred Ko-wei Hu · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2004
The Data Documentation Initiative is an important infrastructure, and step as well, toward building a web-oriented data archive. Yet the preparation of a DDI codebook and the development of DDI-related web applications produce new challenges to the data archive formerly based mainly on standalone PCs as the primary medium for data storage and daily operation. In this paper, the DDI experience at the Center of Survey Research at Academia Sinica in Taipei will be studied. The issues to be addressed in this paper include the following: 1) the problems in creating a DDI codebook, 2) the development of related tools used for processing the DDI codebook, 3) the relationship between DDI and relational database, and 4) the development of web applications in relation to DDI. While the Center of Survey Research at Academia Sinica in Taiwan is a young and small-sized data archive by international standards, it is hoped that its experience in the DDI project can shed light on the future development of the DDI and its add-on tools.