international household survey network metadata toolkit
DESCRIPTION
International Household Survey Network Metadata Toolkit. Trevor Croft MICS3 Data Archiving, Dissemination and Further Analysis Workshop Geneva - November 6 th , 2006. Installation. Unzip toolkit_installation_CD.zip into C:\metadata_toolkit Use folder names - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
International HouseholdSurvey Network
Metadata Toolkit
Trevor Croft
MICS3 Data Archiving, Disseminationand Further Analysis WorkshopGeneva - November 6th, 2006
Installation
Unzip toolkit_installation_CD.zip into C:\metadata_toolkit Use folder names
Double click index.hta to launch menu
Select Metadata Editor
Installation of Archiving Tools Click Install the Metadata Editor
Use all default settings The CD-Rom Builder requires
version 1.5 of the Java Run-time Environment If required, click Install Java Runtime Use all default settings
Click Install the CD-Rom Builder Use all default settings
Installation of Archiving Tools The IHSN Tools package requires
Microsoft XML 4.0 Click “Click here to install” Accept license Enter name and organization Click Install Now
Click Install the IHSN Tools Use all default settings
Installation of Archiving Tools
Click Install Nesstar Explorer Use all default settings
Click Install IHSN Multilingual Pack Ensure Metadata Editor and Nesstar
Explorer are checked Click Install
Installation of documentation Click Toolkit User’s Guide in PDF
This is not working at present
Copy Docs\UsersGuide*.*
to C:\Program files\Microdata Management
Toolkit\docs
Ignore other options and quit index.hta
Metadata Editor – first time Open the Metadata Editor Enter the license key
Found in Nesstar Serial 2009.txt Select Documentation, Template
(or T from the menu buttons) Import metadata_toolkit\templates
IHSN Template 1.2.NesstarTemplate Select IHSN Template 1.2 from the Study Templates Click Use to use this templates
Select Documentation, Template Click Resource Description Templates Import metadata_toolkit\templates
IHSN External Resource Template 1.2.NesstarRDTemplate Select IHSN External Resource Template 1.2 from the
Resource Description Templates Click Use to use this templates
Modifying the example for your survey
Select My Projects File, Add New Study (Ctrl-N)
Document description Study description Datasets Variable groups External resources
Import datasets Click on Datasets
Add datasets (Ctrl-I) HH HL WM CH
Add LN variable to HL file (needed for relations) Insert variable (before HL1) Name: LN, Label: Line number, Width: 2 Click on Data Entry Select Data, and uncheck ‘Write protected’ Copy all cells of HL1 to LN Select Data, and check ‘Write protected’
Completing datasets
For each dataset, check key variables and relations Add LN to HL files list of key variables
For each dataset, click variables, resequence
Validate dataset relations
Import descriptions from generic MICS example Documentation, Import, from study
Check all boxes, except variable information variable definitions categories keys and relations
Select Generic MICS 2005 v.0.3 This imports all of the generic document
description, study description, variable groups
Does not import external resources Save As
MICS\Archive\Generic MICS 2005-2006 v1.0
Import external resources Add desired folders
Use generic folder names Export external resources from generic
example to Dublin Core To RDF file
Import external resource from Dublin Core Select RDF file
Arrange external resources into folders
Update for your survey
Document description Study description Dataset description
Key variables and relations Questionnaire wording
Variable groups External resources
Tools Validate metadata
Reviews metadata for required items Validate external resources
Reviews external resources for required items Validate dataset relations
Checks key variables and relations between files
Validate variables Checks certain characteristics of variables
Randomize key variables DO NOT USE!
Tools
Data dictionary DDI diagnostic DDI diagnostic, detailed Dublin Core diagnostic Study documentation PDF
Nesstar Explorer
File, Open, select file
Browse documentation
Export data file to other software
Export DDI to XML
CD-Rom Builder New CD-Rom project Select Nesstar file Select MICS branding Select language, English Save as MICS.outline Tools, Export to CD-Rom
Generate to CD this is a directory for copying to CD later
Check all boxes Click Finish