<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><img class="gmail-size-medium gmail-wp-image-3485 gmail-alignright" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DDI-tagline1-1-300x240.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="240" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; float: right; display: inline;">In the social, behavioural, and economic sciences, data is often described as sets of ‘variables’ – essentially the columns in a table or the answers, respondent-by-respondent, to a question in a survey. The term ‘variable’ is employed by researchers and data managers to describe a range of specific uses of this granular concept, often in ways that lack sufficient clarity to support automation. The DDI variable cascade is a more nuanced model which describes the stages of a variable from conception to its use in a data set. Drawing on other conceptual standards such as the Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM), DDI provides an implementation mechanism for the increasingly common granular management and reuse of data.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">In this webinar, the model behind the variable cascade will be presented, along with the practical implementation of the various types. There will be time for questions and answers with our expert panel. Speakers include: Arofan Gregory, consultant (CODATA); Hilde Orten, Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt); and Kathryn Lavender, US National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">This webinar is free and open to all. Registration is closing soon!  Go to:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldeuvqzkvEtOqDTIKbNMmRm5QK_cGenS3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldeuvqzkvEtOqDTIKbNMmRm5QK_cGenS3</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Date: Thu 9 March 2023</b><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Time: 15.00-16.30 UTC</b><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Location: online</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">The CODATA-Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Training Webinars series is a collaboration to reach new audiences and provide ongoing value to existing users, by demonstrating the value of DDI tools, products and standards to those creating, managing and using research data within the social, behavioural, and economic sciences.  Find out more about the CODATA-DDI Alliance collaborative webinar series at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/data-skills/ddi-training-webinars/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">https://codata.org/initiatives/data-skills/ddi-training-webinars/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Learn more about DDI at <a href="https://ddialliance.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">https://ddialliance.org/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Asha</p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">--</span><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Towards a FAIRer World: Implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science to address global challenges:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/towards-a-fairer-world-implementing-the-unesco-recommendation-on-open-science-to-address-global-challenges-unesco-paris-and-virtual-29-march-2023/" target="_blank">UNESCO, ISC, CODATA and WDS Symposium, 29 March</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">New WorldFAIR Project Deliverables!</b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7659002" target="_blank">Mapping Report: Cultural Heritage image sharing platforms</a> and <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7682399" target="_blank">Ocean Data Priority Areas Roadmap</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><b style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Call for Sessions, Presentations and Posters: SciDataCon 2023, part of IDW 2023:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-data-week-2023/call-for-sessions-presentations-and-posters-scidatacon-2023-part-of-idw-2023/" target="_blank">deadline 31 March 2023</a><br><br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>WorldFAIR and a Festival of Data - Looking back on 2022 and forward to 2023: </b><a href="https://codata.org/worldfair-and-a-festival-of-data-looking-back-on-2022-and-forward-to-2023/" target="_blank">a report on CODATA activities and achievements</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>WorldFAIR Project's Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework, Workshop 20 March 2023: </b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-worldfair-projects-cross-domain-interoperability-framework-tickets-484367956597" target="_blank">Registration Open</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>DDI-CDI: Optimising Your Data Description for Integration and Reuse, Workshop 24 March 2023: </b><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ddi-cdi-optimising-your-data-description-for-integration-and-reuse-tickets-486696691907" target="_blank">Registration Open</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://codata.org/january-2023-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">Jan 2023 publications</a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking for training and career opportunities in 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