Every study added to CLOSER Discovery requires high level metadata about the study, sweeps/waves and data collections before any dataset or questionnaire metadata can be added. Ideally all high level metadata will be included even when there is no corresponding data or questionnaire, so users will know what data collections the studies have undertaken.

CLOSER adds the metadata manually to the repository using Colectica Designer, using metadata provided by the study using the Metadata Audit Spreadsheet. The spreadsheet includes further information and examples of the high level metadata required.

The high level metadata corresponds with the following elements in DDI:

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