********Online access to qualitative data - opportunities and challenges ********
One day Conference
Thursday 15 January 2004
Royal Statistical Society, Errol Street, London
Organised by the ESDS Qualidata
This one-day conference, organised by ESDS Qualidata, focuses on issues surrounding the provision of online access to qualitative data, and technical strategies for publishing and exchanging qualitative data. ESDS Qualidata has identified a growing need for a standard framework providing online access to archived qualitative resources. In working to fill this gap, a basic prototype methodology using XML standards and technologies, originally known as Edwardians Online, was developed. The next step is to develop a general and formal application for encoding, searching and retrieving the content of a broad class of social science data resources. The intention of this event is thus to help feed into this strategy and provide an appropriate model for data archives across the world to utilize.
In the morning, examples of qualitative data resources that require powerful and flexible online applications will be presented by projects in progress. Speakers in the afternoon will address metadata and technical solutions for facilitating the sharing, presentation and exchange of digital qualitative data via the web. The day will be of interest to: resource providers who wish to provide access to qualitative data; researchers wishing to find technical solutions to 'publishing' or share their own data online using non-proprietary tools; those interested in resource discovery and metadata standards for qualitative data; and software developers of packages that are used to manipulate or analyse qualitative data.
There is a non-refundable charge of £25 for this event to cover refreshments. For further details, including programme and booking form, please see: http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/qualionline.asp
Louise Corti
Head ESDS Qualidata and Outreach & Training
UK Data Archive - a service provider of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) University of Essex Colchester CO4 3SQ UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1206 872145
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Web: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk <http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/> and www.esds.ac.uk <http://www.esds.ac.uk/>
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