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Colectica has released COGS 2.0! Turn shared metadata models into code, schemas, and documentation, now with Python and TypeScript support. We’re proud to support open-source tools used by DDI Lifecycle and DDI SDTL. https://www.colectica.com/news/COGS-20-released/

We’re heading to Brussels for the European DDI conference (EDDI) 2026, November 30-December 4! Join Colectica’s Jeremy Iverson and Dan Smith for a hands-on workshop and presentations on data curation and DDI standards.

• November 30, 1:00-4:30 PM: Take a data file through deposit, documentation, approval, and preservation with Colectica Datasets and Colectica Catalog. Jeremy’s workshop is at the Belgian State Archives. Bring a laptop; no prior Colectica experience is needed.
• December 2, 10:30-11:00 AM: Dan presents “Implementing DDI Lifecycle 4.0 and DDI Codebook 2.6 in Colectica 8.”
• December 2, 2:30-3:00 PM: Jeremy presents “Improving Data Documentation Through Automated Checks and Guided Curation.”

Both presentations are at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. All times are local to Brussels.

Let’s meet and talk about your data and metadata projects! See the conference program and registration and Colectica’s full announcement.

Colectica 8.0 is here! Reuse questions, explore data lineage in Portal, and connect AI tools to your metadata with MCP. We’ve also refined DDI imports and added SBOMs to support EU CRA compliance. See what’s new: https://www.colectica.com/news/Colectica-80-released/

We’re heading to Trondheim Norway for International Blaise User Conference (IBUC) 2026, September 21-5! Join our Blaise Colectica Questionnaires workshop and our paper presentation on survey metadata, documentation, and discovery. Meet us there: https://www.colectica.com/ibuc2026/

Colectica Repository version 8 is almost here!🚀

The new MCP endpoint with over a dozen tools lets your AI agents converse directly with the stored DDI metadata. 🤖💬

Run it openly or require OAuth based on your settings, flexible & secure.🔒

DDI metadata just got conversational.

📢 Happy to announce that Colectica is now the official distributor for Statistics Netherlands’ Blaise Survey System in the United States!

New Stata feature in Colectica:

📜 The Stata .dta format can change across releases. Between Stata 12 and 13, an internal/never released dta 116 format was used during development!

🪄 We’ve found data using this never released format and now support dta 116 for import!

New SAS import option in Colectica Datasets: 🪄Control importing and converting hidden rows that have previously been marked deleted in a sas7bdat file!

We are happy to announce that Colectica 7.7 is now available! This release includes (preview) support for DDIAlliance Codebook 2.6!

A list of new features is available in the changelog: 📜 https://docs.colectica.com/changelog/7.7/

View release announcement: 📰 https://colectica.com/news/Colectica

Happy to share that the DD IAlliance is now an ISO standard! ISO/PAS 25955:2026 is now available at:

📢 DDI Lifecycle 4.0 Beta 4 is available!

Day two of the European DDI Alliance conference is getting underway! Budapest #EDDI2025

The DDI Alliance Hack-A-Thon is happening now at #EDDI2025 in Budapest, Hungry!

Excited for the start of the European DDI Alliance conference in Budapest!

Join us for a Colectica workshop on December 1st at the European DDI conference in Budapest to learn about our new RDF-based web editors and data engine! https://events.geant.org/event/1879/timetable/#19-colectica-collaborative-dat

Excited to celebrate World Statistics Day 2025! Lets create quality statistics with in depth metadata context! #WSD2025 #StatsDay #metadata