help for dtapaperalso see: setdtapaper

Title

Data Paper

Syntax

dtapaper

Description

dtapaper creates a datapaper in HTML-format. It collects information
by user-input as well as automatically generated information based on the data stored
in memory.

The objective of this program is to create a quotable paper, which contains
information about a self-created dataset. This paper will help other researchers to find
your data within databases or with a search engine.

It will not only help other researchers to find sepcial datasets, researches who
spent a lot of time in creating a unique dataset can get credits by others using and citing
this datasat. In the near future dtapaper will be harmonized in order to easily provide
meta-information for different databases like Sowiport or Datorium.

You can use setdtapaper to create global macros that will be used as
default values in dtapaper. Thus you avoid entering all the information, that
is required for dtapaper, over and over again.

Main

Data description

In this part you describe your dataset. While Title, Abstract and
Time are obligatory information, all other fields are optional. We recommend to
give as much information as possible.

NOTE: The Abstract-field does not provide line-breaks! Do not press Enter
to get a new line, this would result in closing the dtapaper-window.

In Source you should provide information on what data your dataset is
originally based on. For example you combine your own data with data from other sources,
you should give this information in this field.

If your dataset is accessible for others, you should provide this information
(e.g. URL, DOI, ...) in the Access field.

For the Time-Range of your data you can either use the drop-down menus, or
type in the year manually.

Personal information

For the Author field you have to follow two rules: 1. Separate multiple authors
with "and". 2. Write each name in the following format: Lastname, Firstname

Output

Specify where to save the datapaper on your computer. You should only type the
filename without a file-extension. The file will be automatically saved in HTML-format.

Options

Labels and notes

The first option will include a list of variables and variable-labels. It is also possible
to add value labels (max. 10) for each variable. This last option may require some time,
depending on your computer and the number of variables.

The next options have no effect for the datapaper, but will modify the dataset:

You can add a data-label (up to 80 characters) in the format Author(Year): Title.
You can also add notes to your data with all information you provided before. If you add notes,
you have to decide whether to drop the orignal notes or keep them and append the new notes.

You can save (and replace) your dataset in order to keep the new data-label and/or the
notes permanently.

Additional information

You can add more information like number of observations, number of variables
and also the filename to your datapaper. Again, we recommend to include as much information
as possible in order to make your data discoverable and most accessible for other researches.

Author

Christoph Thewes, University of Potsdam, thewes@uni-potsdam.de

http://www.uni-potsdam.de/soziologie-methoden/thewes.html

Version

1.0.0: 02/12/2015