Purpose
The Scientific Board is the scientific and technical body of the Alliance.
The purpose of the Scientific Board is to:
- Contribute to the substantive content of DDI standards and semantic products and approve major version revisions.
- Evaluate technical proposals through the Alliance standards review process.
- Undertake research and testing concerning proposals for DDI standards and semantic products.
- Develop and promulgate best practices for use of DDI standards and semantic products.
- Assess progress and barriers to progress.
- Suggest future directions and activities for the Alliance.
The specific work of the Scientific Board is accomplished through the Technical Committee and various working groups established by the Scientific Board. The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected by the membership of Scientific Board and serve a three year term.
Activities of the Scientific Board
Leadership
2016/2017 through 2018/2019:
Chair: Joachim Wackerow
Vice-Chair: A. Michelle Edwards (until 2017-12), Ingo Barkow (since 2019-01)
NOTE: The terms of the Chair and Vice-Chair have been extended one year through 2019/20 to cover the work period of the Scientific Board Revision working group