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Mari Kleemola and Jouni Sivonen: Learning NESSTAR IASSIST2001 Amsterdam, May 2001

Finnish Social Science Data Archive. Mari Kleemola and Jouni Sivonen: Learning NESSTAR IASSIST2001 Amsterdam, May 2001. General. FSD established in 1999 Fundamental choices: how to document data, which standard to use how to disseminate data how to market FSD. Decisions: documentation.

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Mari Kleemola and Jouni Sivonen: Learning NESSTAR IASSIST2001 Amsterdam, May 2001

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  1. Finnish Social Science Data Archive Mari Kleemola and Jouni Sivonen: Learning NESSTAR IASSIST2001 Amsterdam, May 2001

  2. General • FSD established in 1999 • Fundamental choices: • how to document data, which standard to use • how to disseminate data • how to market FSD 5/2001 (mk)

  3. Decisions: documentation • We chose DDI, because • it is new • it is XML • NESSTAR utilises it • We do no not use all the DDI fields 5/2001 (mk)

  4. Creating DDI XML files (1) • Manually with text editors: 1. Document description 2. Study Description 5. Other Material • We use a template • Finished file saved in the data folder and named meFxxxx.xml (xxxx=internal data number) 5/2001 (mk)

  5. Creating DDI XML files (2) • Dataset is checked and saved in SPSS portable format • NESSTAR compatible xml file is produced by a simple batch file that calls several programs 5/2001 (mk)

  6. The Batch File • First step: NSD’s XML Generator is executed • 3. Data Files Description • 4. Variable Description • Second step: the two XML files are joined together • Third step: the joint XML file is trimmed 5/2001 (mk)

  7. Data to NESSTAR • DDI compatible metadata checked and validated with the NESSTAR Publisher • Possible errors corrected • Files transferred to the NESSTAR server • Metadata indexed using NESSTAR Publisher Administrator 5/2001 (mk)

  8. As a result... • Study’s metadata available for client access via NESSTAR and NESSTAR Light (Alpha 1.1a2) • FSD provides only one dataset for free download 5/2001 (mk)

  9. Problems in the process • Lack of stable, reasonable priced XML editor • NESSTAR Publisher does not validate all metadata XML file errors • Several reindexes needed before the metadata can be accessed via NESSTAR Client • Scandinavian characters 5/2001 (mk)

  10. Marketing FSD and NESSTAR • Data archiving : new research culture in Finland • Challenges: • to make FSD known • to get data deposited • to facilitate the re-use of data • Needed: a powerful and easy tool to disseminate metadata and data 5/2001 (mk)

  11. What have we done? • Extensive web pages • Bulletin in web: FSDneWWWs • Printed bulletin in the autumn • Visited over 60 university departments and research institutes • Co-operation with university libraries • Instructions to install and use NESSTAR in Finnish 5/2001 (mk)

  12. Where has it brought us? • Positive feedback from researchers • Almost 200 datasets deposited, over 100 datasets delivered • Finnish researchers interested in NESSTAR and NESSTAR Light: • easy to learn • effective way to find datasets • ... but also frustrated : • slow, tends to crash down • not much data there (yet) 5/2001 (mk)

  13. Finally - Obviously • We continue our work! • There remains a lot to do both nationally and internationally There are unvisited departments left! Contacting researchers one by one Harmonising the use of DDI Marketing NESSTAR 5/2001 (mk)

  14. Contact Information Finnish Social Science Data Archive FIN-33014 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE FINLAND Tel. +358 3 215 8519 Fax +358 3 215 8520 http://www.fsd.uta.fi/ mari.kleemola@uta.fi jouni.sivonen@uta.fi • 5/2001 (mk)

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