Colectica

Colectica

Developer(s)	Algenta
Initial release	January 6, 2010 (2010-01-06)
Stable release	3.0.1788 / December 20, 2010; 9 months ago (2010-12-20)
Development status	Active
Written in	C#, java
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Platform	.NET Framework
Type	Metadata Statistical survey
License	Commercial software
Website	www.colectica.com

Colectica is a suite of programs for use in managing official statistics and statistical surveys using open standards that enable researchers, archivists, and programmers to perform:

• questionnaire design
• automatic programming for computer-assisted telephone interviewing systems
• data entry, retrieval, and management
• statistical analysis
• microdata documentation and management
• applications development
• data warehousing
• metadata standards creation such as Data Documentation Initiative

Colectica is currently in use by a variety of University survey centers, National Statistics Offices, and Data archives ^[1] .

History

Colectica was originally funded in part by the NIH National Institute on Aging to explore automatic documentation of computer assisted surveys.^[2] This grant saw the creation of metadata extraction and flowchart creation tools for CASES, Blaise, and CSPro survey instrument source code. The functionality of these tools, originally named SurveyViz, is now bundled with the Colectica Designer.

See also

• Data Documentation Initiative
• Official statistics

External links

• Colectica webpage

References

1. ^ "IASSIST 2010 Conference, Ithaca, New York - DDI4RDC Showcases Open Source Tools to Produce Metadata Products Based on the DDI" (Press release). Breckenhill, Inc. June 6, 2010. http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20100606/bs_prweb/prweb4093604. Retrieved 2010-06-07. 
2. ^ National Institutes of Health