This may be of interest to some. Regards Dan -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Joan K Lippincott Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 9:54 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: ARL workshop on data sets on the web Apologies for cross-posting. Register for the highly acclaimed workshop facilitated by Patrick Yott, Director of Digital Services Integration, on "Electronic Publishing of Data Sets on the World Wide Web," March 12-14, 2001, Fort Collins, CO http://db.arl.org/workshops/sregform.html This workshop will provide a model for providing interactive access to numeric data over the internet. The workshop will explore the following functional and programming areas: data documentation through the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI), XML and XSL presentation of variable level metadata, using PERL for preparing CGI scripts, and interacting with statistical and database packages via a web session. Participants should be thoroughly familiar with HTML tagging, including frames and table tags. Familiarity with SQL or SPSS helpful but not required. This is a hands-on computer training workshop. Martha Kyrillidou Senior Program Officer ARL Statistics and Measurement Program Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. 20036 tel. 202 296-2296 fax 202 872-0884 cell: 202 251-9829 e-mail: [log in to unmask]