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DDI Import (metadata transfer)
Need improved tools for uploading DDI XML in Dataverse UI (for researchers, support staff);
No current comparison list of supported DDI elements between repositories that could be helpful for identifying gaps in support;
Need improved tools for migrating DDI from other system into Dataverse (e.g. through command line import, API, migration scripts)
Support DDI-Codebook (Nesstar flavour)
DDI Lifecycle (DDI Lifecycle 3.2; local profiles)
Metadata reusability
Could dataverse support reusable metadata for researchers to search and reuse in the design of data (e.g. for reuse in questionnaires, variable coding, value coding, etc.?)
Some discussion from group using DDI Lifecycle metadata to improve distinction between concepts and variables, enable discovery of concepts across Dataverses (e.g. Gender (or Sex) concepts and variables to represent those concepts could become reusable or discoverable)
Reusability factor of concepts, questions, variables, value lists, etc.
Could enable attribution of reusable metadata (e.g. standardized codelists (such as NAICS classifications), attribution for concepts and implementation of abstract concepts)
Harmonize by-design
Similar to metadata reusability; makes metadata items reusable for researchers during the conceptual and study design phase of the lifecycle.
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