John Hanna wrote:
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> With the emergence of XML-enabled QDA software, is there any coordinated
> effort to develop the XML Schemas and DTDs needed for sharing, exchange,
> and presentation of XML-tagged qualitative analysis products?
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> It seems that many interest groups in business, education, and research
> are developing special markup languages using XML to handle the unique
> communication and storage needs of their community of practice. Such an
> effort might promote a growth in application of QDA products, given that
> standard public tools (e.g., web browsers) would allow access to, and
> even manipulation and transformation of, such data. It could help the
> coordination of qualitative work between researchers, and the exchange
> of data between qualitative analysis software packages.
>
> Who might be working on the needed "Qualitative Data Markup Language"
> (QDML) or "Qualitative Data Definition Language" (QDDL)?
AFAIK the developer of Atlas.ti, Thomas Muhr, implemented XML in his
package. And my personal view is that we do not have to invent new
standards, the existing ones are sufficient, and XML is flexible enough.
But perhaps Thomas responds to his also.
Harald Klein
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