1. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES WP4 Metadata and standards development Duration: 27 months, main part in months 0-18 ”In the first 18 months of the project the major focus is on the technical infrastructure and the underlying metadata foundation” …”surface” as early as possible The technical infrastructure will be dependent upon metadata specifications The metadata part should not only build on what is allready there, but are supposed to supply some innovative new extensions … ?

2. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES Precision and effectiveness concerning location of data Better the access to data and knowledge products Link data and knowledge products WP4 Metadata and standards development In this work package we are supposed to ”specify and implement the necessary metadata foundations to support the functionality of the MADIERA infrastructure”

3. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES WP4 Metadata and standards development Develop a classification hierarchy for data resources (M9) (The work-package description will build on the CESSDA classification) Geo-referencing system (M12) A system for identifying comparability (M15) Naming conventions – for hyperlinking (M18) According to the MADIERA progress plan Evaluations and revisions (M25-27)

4. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES Identification and implementation of a geo-referencing system/standard A spatial framework to: To find/locate data, detail, levels, drill-down, etc ? Find location of data ? From data to space ? Analytical add-ons ? Bordering line towards analysis system Geography for survey data ? Which DDI element ? How do we link ? Coordinate data: How aquire, costs, etc ? WP4 Metadata and standards development

5. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES WP4 Metadata and standards development Development of a methodology for identification of comparable data ”Formal” vs ”dynamic/analytic” Which elements in the DDI At what level, study, vargroup, variable, etc Beyond DDI ?

6. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES WP4 Metadata and standards development Development of a coherent naming and identification system for social science data resources at item, series and institutional level Best-practices, guidelines and controlled vocabs Coordinated with WP5 Cooperation with CDG-group

7. www.nsd.uib.no NORWEGIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA SERVICES WP4 Metadata and standards development Participants NSD 14 months UKDA 6 months Nesstar 3.8 months SIDOS 4 months M0: Start-up meeting (WP2, 4, 5, 3)