Technical Committee
The purpose of the Technical Committee is to model, render, maintain, and update the DDI specifications to meet community needs and align with Alliance strategic goals. The TC receives input from substantive working groups of the Scientific Board, DDI users and developers, and other interested parties. This includes the development of conceptual models, implementation of models in various technical forms, monitoring the metadata landscape and related developments, and initiate and plan possible future directions for the standard.
Meeting Minutes for current year with links to previous years
Annual Report 2020/21 with work plan for July 2021-December 2022
Upcoming Agenda Items
2024-04-11 - NO MEETING
2024-04-18 - Lifecycle issues; DDI-L 4.0 BETA; Codebook 2.6 work
Production Framework: Information on the production framework for each DDI product.
Current and upcoming review activities. Click product name to link to the appropriate Comment and Review page. Open reviews are highlighted in red.
Product | Release Date | Review Dates | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 12, 2022 through October 31, 2022 | In preparation for publication vote | |
2012-01-17 | Published |
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2020-04-15 | Published | ||
2019-06-20 | Published | ||
DDI -CDI "Cross Domain Integration" | April 16, 2020 through July 31, 2020 continuing | ||
SDTL Structured Data Transformation Language | 2020-12-10 | Published |
See Work Plan for Scheduled Priorities
- Implementation of DDI Roadmap as agreed to by Scientific Board
- Publication of DDI Lifecycle 3.3
- Oversite of "DDI Cross Domain Integration (CDI)" review
- Release of updated DDI-L 3.2 High Level Documentation (around 3.3 release)
- Update of 2.5 including new Dublin Core Files
- Shifting documentation production for DDI-L and DDI-C into the COGS production framework
- Work on overall DDI Design Rules with specialization by product - associated work page
updated 2020-01-22
The Technical Committee meets EVERY Thursday. The time of the meeting shifts with the change to Daylight Savings time in the UNITED STATES. Note that meeting times are set on CET and that during the period when the US and Europe are out of sync, Central European Time applies.
Standard Time (US and Europe):
9:00 US Central / 16:00 CET
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Member | Role | |
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Wendy Thomas | Chair | |
Jon Johnson | Vice-chair | |
Jeremy Iverson | Member | |
Oliver Hopt | Member | |
Dan Smith | Member | |
Flavio Rizzolo | Member | |
Darren Bell | Member | |
Christophe Dzikowski | Member | |
George Alter | Topic expert |
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Olof Olsson | Topic expert |
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Role of Chair:
Convene meetings (Post agendas, minutes, additional materials)
Ensure that tasks are clearly articulated and prioritized by the members
Manage workflow
Prepare yearly reports to Scientific Board
Prepare statements from the TC to external bodies as required (Scientific Board, Director, Executive Committee)
Ensure that procedures for publication and review are followed
Ensure that the work of the TC is transparent to the community
Encourage new membership
Scientific Board ex-officio member
Executive Director’s Advisory Group member
Role of Vice Chair:
Convene meetings when chair is unavailable
Assist Chair in performing the tasks of the Chair
Executive Director’s Advisory Group member