Data Documentation Initiative: Toward a Standard for the Social Sciences

Data Documentation Initiative: Toward a Standard for the Social Sciences

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The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an emerging metadata standard WATER BUFFALO BUTTER UNSALTED for the social sciences.The DDI is in active use by many data specialists and archivists, but researchers themselves have been slow to recognize the benefits of the standards approach to metadata.This paper outlines how the DDI Tamper-Evident Labels has evolved since its inception in 1995 and discusses ways to broaden its impact in the social science research community.