A common future ?

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A common future ?

• For almost 15 years the European data archives
  have run a long-term project on building up a
  common data infrastructure for the social
  sciences, based on modern technology

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Nesstar
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Organisation Chart
Director Bjørn Henrichsen
ADMINISTRATION Ass.Dir. Vigdis Namtvedt
Kvalheim Office Staff Anne M. Dueland Randi
Frotvedt Reidunn Hofslett Linda Ringstad Victoria
L. Robins Heidi Tvedt Information and
Planning Carl-Erik Herheim Dag Kiberg Bjarne
Øymyr Privacy Ombudsman Pernilla Bollman Inga
Brautaset Janne Sigbjørnsen Eie Grethe
Halvorsen Kjersti Håvardstun Siv
Midhassel Katrine Utaaker Segadal Anne-Mette
Somby Lis Tenold Rune Vikøren
OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Ass.Dir. Atle
Alvheim Regional Data Trond Kvamme Terje
Marøy Astrid Nilsen Terje Sande Åse Gilje
Østensen Individual Level Data Gry-Hege
Henriksen Maria Bakke Orvik Eyob
Teweldmedhin Jorun J. Berntsen Data on Political
System Mads Munkejord Vidar Wangen
Rolland John-Erik Ågotnes Health and Social
Service Sata Arild Mellesdal Trond
Pedersen Sigmud Tveit Computing Lars
Falck-Petersen Leonard Muvule Kongshavn Lars W.
Holm Eirk Schwenke Nesstar Eirik Alvær Ricco
Førgaard Madsen Kyrre Moe Alette G.
Mykkeltvedt Håkon Nilsen Sigbjørn Revheim Ørnulf
Risnes Kjetil Thuen
CONTRACT WORK Ass.Dir. Knut Kalgraff
Skjåk Interview Surveys Gyrid Havåg
Bergseth Kirstine Kolsrud Anne Katrine
Mortensen Hilde Orten Ole-Petter Øvrebø Church
Data Ellen Stavseth E-Learning and School
Election Håvard Venge Bakkmoen Murit Cetin Atle
Jåstad Ole Voldsæter Statistics on Higher
Education Ove Andersen Eirik Andersen Yngve
Bersvendsen Bjug Bøyum Gunnar Ellingsen Beate
Vågen Hesjedal Anita Arianna Kyriacou Richard
Persen Unni Sæter
NSD invest 500-600.000 Euros annually in Nesstar
NSD Regional Offices Martin-Arne Andersen,
UiTø Kyrre Svarva, NTNU Helen Roshauw, UiO
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Organisation Chart
Director Bjørn Henrichsen
ADMINISTRATION Ass.Dir. Vigdis Namtvedt
Kvalheim Office Staff Anne M. Dueland Randi
Frotvedt Reidunn Hofslett Linda Ringstad Victoria
L. Robins Heidi Tvedt Information and
Planning Carl-Erik Herheim Dag Kiberg Bjarne
Øymyr Privacy Ombudsman Pernilla Bollman Inga
Brautaset Janne Sigbjørnsen Eie Grethe
Halvorsen Kjersti Håvardstun Siv
Midhassel Katrine Utaaker Segadal Anne-Mette
Somby Lis Tenold Rune Vikøren
OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Ass.Dir. Atle
Alvheim Regional Data Trond Kvamme Terje
Marøy Astrid Nilsen Terje Sande Åse Gilje
Østensen Individual Level Data Gry-Hege
Henriksen Maria Bakke Orvik Eyob
Teweldmedhin Jorun J. Berntsen Data on Political
System Mads Munkejord Vidar Wangen
Rolland John-Erik Ågotnes Health and Social
Service Sata Arild Mellesdal Trond
Pedersen Sigmud Tveit Computing Lars
Falck-Petersen Leonard Muvule Kongshavn Lars W.
Holm Eirk Schwenke Nesstar Eirik Alvær Ricco
Førgaard Madsen Kyrre Moe Alette G.
Mykkeltvedt Håkon Nilsen Sigbjørn Revheim Ørnulf
Risnes Kjetil Thuen
CONTRACT WORK Ass.Dir. Knut Kalgraff
Skjåk Interview Surveys Gyrid Havåg
Bergseth Kirstine Kolsrud Anne Katrine
Mortensen Hilde Orten Ole-Petter Øvrebø Church
Data Ellen Stavseth E-Learning and School
Election Håvard Venge Bakkmoen Murit Cetin Atle
Jåstad Ole Voldsæter Statistics on Higher
Education Ove Andersen Eirik Andersen Yngve
Bersvendsen Bjug Bøyum Gunnar Ellingsen Beate
Vågen Hesjedal Anita Arianna Kyriacou Richard
Persen Unni Sæter
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NSD Regional Offices Martin-Arne Andersen,
UiTø Kyrre Svarva, NTNU Helen Roshauw, UiO
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal
Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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• Make a more powerful interface for the portal
• - more sophisticated search / browse
  possibilities
• - better possibilities to handle results

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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal
More useful lists of hits
Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal

• More useful lists of hits
• search across languages
• Translate
• More intelligent browsing

Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal

• More useful lists of hits
• search across languages
• Translate
• More intelligent browsing
• Find one specific
• Find the most recent
• Put components in context

Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal

• More useful lists of hits
• search across languages
• Translate
• More intelligent browsing
• Find specific/most recent
• Put components in context

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Server 1 2 3 4

• At portal level
• Requires DDI3
• identification/versioning
• Unique
• persistent
• Versioned

Client
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• Make a more powerful interface for the portal
• - more sophisticated search / browse
  possibilities
• - better possibilities to handle results
• Intelligent use of identifiers

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• Make a more powerful interface for the portal
• - more sophisticated search / browse
  possibilities
• - better possibilities to handle results
• Identifiers
• 3. Handle more complex datastructures, over time,
  across space, link micro macro

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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Portal
Explore datasets (beyond pure metadata
?) Component structure, QB Point towards DDI3
Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Contextual (meta)data and harmonisation and
codings Relate more than one dataset ? Within
or between servers Requires SSO and identifiers
in DDI3. Application of WP9
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
Link in additional material Dynamic (meta)data
Updating / adding to (meta)data Authority,
Versioning in DDI3
Portal
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification
SSO TBAA
Portal
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Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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• Make a more powerful interface for the portal
• - more sophisticated search / browse
  possibilities
• - better possibilities to handle results
• Handle more complex datastructures, over time,
  across space, link micro macro
• Handle problems of double storage.
• Identify, version, compare, put in context
• Data dynamics, more than one value in a table
  cell
• Versioning, updating
• 5. Single Sign On, need to pass information and
  access more than one server, logging

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So, what about DDI ? DDI The ultimate list of
documentation elements another
resource Storage and transport between
applications The guarantee that we talk
together Elements are identified, have an
authority and may be versioned XML Build from
the basic line upwards
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Tools Harvester Indexing tool Browsing
tool Search tool
Resources Template/Manual Controled
vocabularies Multilingual thesaurus Question and
concepts DB Harmonisation DB Gazetteer CESSDA
classification DDI 2 / 3
Portal
Publishing
Server 1 2 3 4
Client
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Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities Functionalities
Input Store Discover Explore Compare Share Download Access
Portal interface
Complex structures
Identifiers
Versioning Dynamics
SSO Logging

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DDI3
DDI2