Role of the TC
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.
Issue Trackers Managed by TC
Review Activities
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DDI-C v. 2.5.1 | 2012-01-17 | Published | Open for filling issues |
| DDI-L v. 3.2 | 2014-05-15 | Published | Open for filling issues |
| Disco (RDF) | Public review | ||
| XKOS (RDF) | Public review | ||
| DDI 3.3 | Beta release review | ||
| DDI 4 Q1 2015 | 2015-04-23 | 2015-04-23 to 2015-6-15 | Development Draft review |
| DDI 4 Q2 2016 | 2016-10-10 | 2016-10-10 to 2016-12-31 | Review Page |
| DDI 4 Codebook Functional View | Review Page |
Current Activities and Issues
- Review open issues on DDI-L version 3.1 (Issues 3028 and 2930)
- Review open issues on DDI-L version 3.2 (Issues 2920 and 2919)
- Supporting Moving Forward Project and Modeling Team work
- DDI License and Copyright Review
- Recommendation on License and Copyright to Executive Board
- Town Hall on DDI Views review materials
- DMFQA review for Development review Q1
- Review and re-disseminate the documentation regarding approval of DDI Agency ID submission (2016-01)
- RDF Vocabularies public review (
2016-02) (2016-03) (2016-06)(2016-07) - DDI-L 3.3 beta release for public review (
2016-03) (2016-08) - Ensure disposal of review responses for RDF Vocabularies (2016-06/09)
- Disposal of review responses for 3.3 (2016-07/12)
- DDI-Views Q2 2016 development review (2016-06/07)
- Disposal of review responses for DDI-Views Q2 2016 (2016-07/12)
- Release of Development Codebook Functional View - possible post-Q2 release to review Functional View structure (2016-09/10)
- Disposal of development review responses for Codebook Functional View (2016-09/12)
- Release of updated DDI-L 3.2 High Level Documentation (around 3.3 release)
- Update of Dublin Core files in 2.5 (early in 2016)
- Shifting documentation production for DDI-L and DDI-C into the production framework set up for DDI-Views (2017)
- Versioning of the DDI-Views - provide implementable proposal to Modelling Team (prior to Codebook View release)
- Design Principles document from Dagstuhl 2015 - review of document and measurable assessment of materials from Modelling Team (2016)
- Process for reviewing material from Modelling Team for publication (2016)
- Usage guides for creating metadata instances for each binding type (from MT) - overlapping usage and binding specific usage patterns (commonalities and differences) (2016-05)
- Revision of technical structure of Controlled Vocabularies (use of SKOS, RDF-XML, tools requirements) (2016-09)
Meeting Dates and Connections
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, US time applies.
Standard Time (US and Europe):
9:00 US Central / 16:00 CET
13 March - 27 March 2016 (US DST / Europe ST)
10:00 US Central / 16:00 CET
Daylight Savings Time (US and Europe):
10:00 US Central / 17:00 CET
30 October - 6 November 2016 (US DST / Europe ST)
10:00 US Central / 16:00 CET
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Members
| Member | Role | |
| Wendy Thomas | Chair | wlt@umn.edu |
| Jon Johnson | Vice-chair | jon.johnson@ucl.ac.uk |
| Arofan Gregory | Tech Consultant | arofan.gregory@earthlink.net |
| Johan Fihn | Member | johan.fihn@snd.gu.se |
| Dan Gillman | Member | gillman.daniel@bls.gov |
| Jay Greenfield | Invited Expert | greenfield_jay@bah.com |
| Larry Hoyle | Member | larryholye@ku.edu |
| Jeremy Iverson | Invited Expert | jeremy@colectica.com |
| Joachim Wackerow | Member | |
| Flavio Rizzolo | Invited Expert | flavio.rizzolo@canada.ca |
| Dan Smith | Invited Expert | |
| Olof Olsson | Member | olof.olsson@snd.gu.se |
Role of TC Chair and Vice-Chair
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
- Moving Forward Advisory Group 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
- Moving Forward Advisory Group member
- Executive Director’s Advisory Group member