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- Selina Wang
- Lisa Sweeney
- Katherine McNeill
Standards
Data Documentation Initiative (DDI): http://www.ddialliance.org/ "The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an effort to create an international standard for describing social science data. Expressed in XML, the DDI metadata specification now supports the entire life cycle of social science datasets. DDI metadata accompanies and enables data conceptualization, collection, processing, distribution, discovery, analysis, repurposing, and archiving."
Federal Geographic Data Committee: http://www.fgdc.gov/ "The FGDC develops geospatial data standards for implementing the NSDI (National Spatial Data Infrastructure), in consultation and cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector and academic community, and, to the extent feasible, the international community."