1. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Steve Rosenow National Crosswalk Service Center

2. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Data Sources Objectives Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Review ARC efforts at providing content Review how those efforts have changed over time Discover which versions of the database receive active support Learn how database content is available by version, software version Learn how to make a positive contribution to the DBA community

3. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 First, a little NCSC history: NCSC began operations on 4/1/83 Emphasis grew from occupations & crosswalks to related data, etc. Workforce Information Database followed a similar evolution: DATA ALMIS; MERGE HRIS OLMID; DATA WID; SET ALMIS; The hunt for content has been a long-term quest Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources

4. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 The quest for content: Iowa Workforce Development began imposing order on this chaos in 2003 Word document Attempted update highlighted weakness in using a static document In June 2007, someone (anon.) said, “How about using a wiki?” The Workforce Information Database Wiki came online in October 2008 The rest is history. And it’s still being made Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources

5. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20040826013412/www.xwalkcenter.org/almisdb/adbsource/almissource.htmlhttp://web.archive.org/web/20040826013412/www.xwalkcenter.org/almisdb/adbsource/almissource.html Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Sources of ALMIS Database Content, c. August 2004 (html version)

6. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Workforce Information Database Wiki Main Page http://wiki.workforceinfodb.org Main options: Data Sources Lookup File Content Table Structure History

7. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Workforce Information Database Wiki Data Sources Page Data Sources main page: a.Separate pages for all 51 data files in version 2.4 b.Includes pages for which the ARC/NCSC does not provide content

8. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Workforce Information Database Wiki Table-specific Sources Page Sources for CES content: : a.First source: BLS b.Second: NCSC c.Also – contact LMI unit d.Final feature: list of changes to the table structure

9. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources History of table structure changes: a.Includes tables added and deleted Workforce Information Database Wiki Structure History Page

10. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Latest Edition: a.Downloadable content for lookup tables b.For version 2.4 with notes about use with earlier versions c.FoxPro and text files d.Links to FoxPro memo files when included Workforce Information Database Wiki Lookup Table Content Page

11. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Help wanted: a.Full circle from the Word doc b.Need to create and account and log on Workforce Information Database Wiki Table-specific Sources Page

12. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox Editing wiki content is not difficult a.Link to Wikipedia sandbox from WID Wiki help page b.Editing is relatively simple c.Edit the page and add a paragraph about what you do and a link to your page d.Edit and save quickly. Your edit can be wiped out by someone else’s (you may wish to use one of the templates. They may change more slowly than the main sandbox.)

13. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources What’s new How do I know when something’s changed? ARC home page – Recent Postings NCSC RSS Feed DBA e-mail distribution list whatsnew.txt (all updates) readme.txt (state-specific files) NCSC database update calendar

14. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Update Notice Resources – ARC Home PageARC Home Page http://www.workforceinfodb.org Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources

15. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Update Notice Resources – NCSC RSS Feed http://webdata.xwalkcenter.org/rss/index.xml

16. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Update Notice Resources – E-mail notification Send e-mail to ncsc.arc@iowa.gov to be added to the list ncsc.arc@iowa.gov

17. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Update Notice Resources – WID whatsnew.txt file http://webdata.xwalkcenter.org/ftp/wfinfodb/whatsnew.txt

18. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Update Notice Resources – states’ readme.txt files http://webdata.xwalkcenter.org/ftp/wfinfodb/states/id/README.TXT

19. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Questions?

20. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Contact us Mail: National Crosswalk Service Center Department of Education 400 East 14 th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Telephone: 515-242-5034 E-mail: ncsc@iowa.gov Home Page: http://www.xwalkcenter.org Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources

21. Boise, Idaho May 11-14, 2010 Applied Database Management & Information Delivery Data Sources Steve Rosenow National Crosswalk Service Center