Lifecycle

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Lifecycle Comparative StudiesMetadata Needs
of the Future CESSDA RIUwe JensenGESIS
Leibniz Institute for the Social Science
(Germany)28.05.2009 E4 CESSDA PPP
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• Comparative research - a major feature in social
  science activity
• Globalisation European integration gt
  international collaboration cross disciplinary
  networking,
• the growth in potential funding sources (EC FPs,
  ESF national funding)
• Comparative research - variety of forms and
  strategies
• High quality ambitious research affects
  dynamically methodology and concepts
• Projects expand in no. of countries increased
  complexity of the collected data of various types
• Variety of Subjects
• Political social institutions systems (like
  welfare, organisations, families )
• Attitudes, values, and behaviour pattern in
  manifold areas (health, consumer, election )
• Variety of design concepts spatial temporal
  dimension (examples)
• Special topics / EU Candidate countries
  (Eurobarometer)
• Modules for replications gt cumulation (ISSP)
• Ex-post times series (EB Trend file)
• Longitudinal studies to observe the same items
  over long periods of time (ESS, EVS).
• National studies conceptualized to allow
  comparison (Household panels GSS, Age Health)

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• Data producer (Primary investigator) provide
  metadata (Reports on )

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• New metadata needs may occur as consequence of
  methodological findings, e.g. on
• Mode of Data Collection (mixed mode gt
  face-to-face, telephone, Internet and paper
  self-completion)
• Strategies on improving response rates,
• Functional equivalence of question

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• Data collection

Primary Data Analyses Publication of results
(by Primary investigator / Project) Pass Study
to a Data provider instance
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• Contracting / Ingest / Long-term preservation gt
  special topic Preservation metadata
• Data Processing - Harmonisation - Integration
  Metadata Documentation

Lon-term preservation of processed study
product Publication / dissemination
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• Publication of Data Metadata Store gt Discover
  gt Explore gt Access (gt CESSDA data portal

Role of Gov. III - 1996 IDS C26/V141/R35313
Role of Gov. I - 1985 IDS C6/V141/R7350
Role of Gov. I-IV (2008) CUM C 22 V 114 - R
83485
Role of Gov. IV 2006 IDS C34/V141/R48641
Role of Gov. II - 1990 IDS C11/V142/R14897
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A short stop How to manage complex collections
of metadata relationships at the Archive level?
Further Standards Models - OAIS gt Preservation
gt Statistical data
DDI 3.1
Why?!
Role of Gov. IV 2006 IDS C34/V141/R48641
Role of Gov. I-IV (2008) Cumulation C22 -
V114 - R83485
HowTo
Role of Gov. III - 1996 IDS C26/V141/R35313
Role of Gov. II - 1990 IDS C11/V142/R14897
Role of Gov. I - 1985 IDS C6/V141/R7350

• Re-Use of Data Metadata in secondary analysis

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• Re-Use of Data Metadata

Role of Gov. I - 1985 IDS C6/V141/R7350
Role of Gov. II - 1990 IDS C11/V142/R14897
Role of Gov. III - 1996 IDS C26/V141/R35313
Role of Gov. IV 2006 IDS C34/V141/R48641
Role of Gov. I-IV (2008) CUM C22/V114/R83485
new Conception gt Production gt Repurposing ..
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• Thank you!
• Contacts information http//www.cessda.org

Metadata needs functional specifications for
the CESSDA RI WP4 Controlled vocabularies WP8
Enhancement of data and metadata
infrastructures WP9 Harmonisation platform
question database WP11 Investigating the
potential of grid technologies WP12 Technical
support for the preparatory phase WP5
One-stop-shop Portal gt