Variable Dependencies/Relationships

Dagstuhl VR Group Working folder - Google Docs

Working notes document - Google Doc

Draft paper - Google Doc

Introduction

• Data reuse across domains requires supporting contextual information

• Relationships between variables/values are important

  • RDA’s I-ADOPT

  • OGC Observations & Measurements

  • Some support provided in the existing DDI-CDI model

    • Is this sufficient?

    • Could it be improved?

• Outputs include recommendations for expressing these relationships/implementing these standards in DDI-CDI

Planned Deliverables

• Evaluation of the existing CDI capabilities for describing relationships/dependencies between variables and recommendations for extensions

  • Given that some datums will not be numeric or coded

  • Given that I-ADOPT is not be the only set of variable dependencies/relationships (O&M, SOSA/SSN)

  • Relationships between variables in CDI are at the structural level – is this the same for other, similar models?

Background Material

• View points on data points: A shared vocabulary for cross-domain conversations on data and metadata

• I-ADOPT Framework ontology

• Observations, Measurements, and Samples