Colectica in Chur Switzerland for the 2024 European DDI Users Conference

Colectica will host a workshop presenting the new Colectica Datasets tool and give presentations about DDI-Lifecycle metadata software

Colectica is pleased to announce that its staff were selected to give a workshop and several presentations at the upcoming European DDI Users Conference (EDDI) in Chur, Switzerland. Each year, Colectica sends representatives to the EDDI conference to share ideas and consult with other users of standardized data documentation. This year, Colectica staff will present two papers, host a workshop, and attend a two day DDI hackathon.

"We are excited to once again be in Europe for the EDDI conference" said Dan Smith, a Partner at Colectica. "We are very happy to present to the DDI community the new Colectica Datasets tool and converse with other people who are excited about Data Documentation."

We are very happy to present the DDI community the new Colectica Datasets tool

Dan Smith, Partner at Colectica

A workshop titled "Colectica Datasets Unveiled: Software for Data Viewing, Curation, and Publication" introduces Colectica Datasets, a powerful new application designed for viewing, improving, and publishing data files. Running on Windows, Linux, and macOS, Colectica Datasets supports a wide range of dataset formats, including Parquet, SPSS, SAS, Stata, and CSV.

A paper titled "Colectica in Action: Real-World Applications of DDI in Europe across the Data Lifecycle" will showcase public, in-production use cases of Colectica software, highlighting its role across various stages of the data lifecycle.

Another paper titled "Metadata Interoperability with RDF and JSON-LD in DDI Lifecycle 4 and the Colectica Portal" will also be presented. This presentation explores the newly implemented RDF (Resource Description Framework) support in DDI Lifecycle Version 4 and its significant impact on enhancing metadata interoperability.

Colectica will also attend the DDI Alliance Developers Group Hackathon.

If you would like to try Colectica free of charge please request a Free evaluation. Colectica consists of several software tools. Colectica Designer enables documenting of survey methodologies, survey instruments, questions, variables, and datasets. Colectica Repository manages changes to the documentation and allows multiple people and groups to work together. Colectica Portal allows for publication of this documentation on the web. All of these products use Open Standards to allow for interoperability with other tools. Colectica products, training on Open Standards, and customized software solutions are available through https://www.colectica.com .

About Colectica

Launched in 2010, Colectica® is the fastest way to design, document, and publish statistical research using open data standards. The Colectica Platform is an ideal solution for statistical agencies, survey research groups, public opinion research, data archivists, and other data centric collection operations that are looking to increase the expressiveness and longevity of the data collected through standards based metadata documentation. The company offers a range of highly specific products and services designed to give power to people through easy integration and access to data.

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