DDI Tools
| Name | License | DDI version(s) supported | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colectica Designer | Commercial | 3.1 | Colectica Designer is a visual DDI metadata editor and survey questionnaire designer. It interacts... |
| Colectica for Excel | Freeware |
3.1 3.2 |
Colectica for Microsoft Excel is a free tool to document your spreadsheet data using the open... |
| Colectica Repository | Commercial | 3.1 | Colectica Repository is a centralized storage system for managing DDI data resources, enabling... |
| Colectica Resolver | Freeware | 3.1 | Colectica DDI Resolver is a DNS-based resolution service for DDI3 agency identifiers and related... |
| Colectica Resolver Library | Freeware | 3.1 | The Colectica DDI Resolver Library makes it easy to integrate DNS-based data resolution... |
| Colectica Web | Commercial | 3.1 | Colectica Web is a web application, powered by Colectica Repository, which enables data and... |
| DatapluS Enhanced Publications Editor | Unknown | 3.1 | The DatapluS Enhanced Publication Editor (EPE) is a DDI 3 based web portal to enhance scientific... |
| Dataset Documentation Manager | Freeware |
1.x 2.0 2.1 |
Developed by the Data Archive of GESIS, this tool imports SPSS data files; allows documentation of... |
| DBKfree | GPL v3.0 |
1.x 2.0 2.1 |
The Data Catalogue (DBK) of the GESIS Data Archive holds study descriptions of all archived studies... |
| DDI 3.0 Core | Freeware | 3.0 | Recommended elements, formerly DDI Lite |
| DDI 3.0 Editor-Lite | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | 3.0 | An authoring tool produced by ICPSR that supports the production of DDI 3.0 Instances. It generates... |
| DDI 3.0 Help Center | Freeware | 3.0 | An online DDI 3.0 help system |
| DDI 3.0 HTML Help | Freeware | 3.0 | HTML View of the 3.0 Schema Documentation |
| DDI 3.0 Schema Descriptions | Freeware | 3.0 | Textual descriptions of the DDI 3.0 schemas |
| DDI 3.0 Windows Help | Freeware | 3.0 | Downloadable Schema Documentation (Windows help File with full-text-search) |
| DDI DExT | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) |
2.1 3.0 |
Tool to import data and DDI metadata from SPSS files with conversion to ASCII and re-export... |
| DDI Index | Freeware | 2.1 | DDI Index is a Java/Javascript application that provides indexing and searching of XML files... |
| DDI to DDL | Freeware | 2.1 | SDA provides an online DDI to DDL Conversion Service. You can upload DDI files from your computer... |
| DDI to HTML Stylesheet | Freeware | 2.0 | A tool to transform and format content of DDI documents as HTML pages. |
| DDI Tools Made Available by the SDA Project | Freeware | 2.1 | An online analysis system that provides tools to create DDI 2. |
| DDI Validator | Freeware |
2.1 3.0 3.1 |
Online schema validation of DDI-Lifecycle and DDI-Codebook (2.1) and 2.5 later on. |
| DDI-XSLT | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) |
2.1 3.1 |
A collection of xslt-stylesheets for DDI for transformation the metadata to other formats.... |
| DDI2StatsProgs | Freeware | 2.1 | DDI2StatsProgs is a flexible tool to generate data definition commands for statistical programs and... |
| DdiEditor | GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) | 3.1 | The DdiEditor is the key tool in a framework of data processing tools and processes composing data... |
| DDIXSL | Freeware | 2.1 | A tool to transform and format content of DDI documents as HTML pages and PDF files, and in other... |
| Geography | Freeware | 3.0 | Use of Spatial Coverage Type |
| German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) | Freeware | 3.0 | Example showing the grouping approach for comparable variables, description of derived variables as... |
| ICPSR Codebooks | 2.0 | The sample codebooks below, marked up with using Versions 1 through 2.1 of the DDI DTD, are... | |
| ICPSR metadata record | Freeware | 3.0 | Sample online catalog record using the American National Election Study, 2004 |
| International Standard Classification (ISCO) | Freeware | 3.0 | Example showing the use of DDI for a standalone variable repository, and the description of a... |
| Microdata Management Toolkit | Unknown | 2.0 | The Microdata Management Toolkit developed by the World Bank Data Group for the International... |
| NCube | Freeware | 3.0 | Example showing the use of the NCube Logical Product structure, NCube Physical Data Structure, and... |
| Nesstar Publisher | Freeware |
1.x 2.1 |
Nesstar Publisher is an advanced data management program. It consists of data and metadata... |
| Questasy | Testing | 3.0 | Questasy is a web application developed to manage the documentation and dissemination of data and... |
| queXML | Freeware | 2.1 | queXML is a simple XML schema for designing questionnaires. Included are stylesheets to administer... |
| RSpssConversion | Freeware | 3.0 | An R function to read SPSS files and produce valid DDI Version 3.0 documents. |
| Simple questionnaire | Freeware | 3.0 | Use of Question Item Type, Response Domain, and Instrument Control Construct (including entry of... |
| SPSSOMS2DDI | Freeware | 2.1 | A tool to generate variable-level metadata for DDI documents from SPSS files. |
| StatsProgs2DDI 3.0 | Freeware | 3.0 | StatsProgs2DDI is a tool to generate the variable-level documentation in DDI 3.0 format on the... |
| Survey of Three Generations of Mexican Americans, 1981-1982 Codebook | Freeware | 3.0 | Sample variables |