@schemafatigue.bsky.social
Documentation enthusiast. DDI, SDMX, schema theorist. Starting is pain. Nothing is truly version 1.0. #SchemaFatigue
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Welcome to @SchemaFatigue.
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety
Schema diffs tell you what changed.
They do not tell you why.
For that, you need a time machine and a group therapy session.
#CSReality #VersionControlGrief #DDI #WhyDidWeDoThis
They do not tell you why.
For that, you need a time machine and a group therapy session.
#CSReality #VersionControlGrief #DDI #WhyDidWeDoThis
June 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Schema diffs tell you what changed.
They do not tell you why.
For that, you need a time machine and a group therapy session.
#CSReality #VersionControlGrief #DDI #WhyDidWeDoThis
They do not tell you why.
For that, you need a time machine and a group therapy session.
#CSReality #VersionControlGrief #DDI #WhyDidWeDoThis
A schema version history is just your changelog of failure, printed in XML.
“Updated value domain” = I panicked.
“Deprecated category” = I was wrong.
#DDI #VersionLog #CSConfession #MetadataPenance
“Updated value domain” = I panicked.
“Deprecated category” = I was wrong.
#DDI #VersionLog #CSConfession #MetadataPenance
June 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A schema version history is just your changelog of failure, printed in XML.
“Updated value domain” = I panicked.
“Deprecated category” = I was wrong.
#DDI #VersionLog #CSConfession #MetadataPenance
“Updated value domain” = I panicked.
“Deprecated category” = I was wrong.
#DDI #VersionLog #CSConfession #MetadataPenance
You changed the label but kept the code.
Congratulations—you’ve invented semantic gaslighting.
#OntologicalDrift #StatisticalSin #DDI #ControlledVocabularyCollapse
Congratulations—you’ve invented semantic gaslighting.
#OntologicalDrift #StatisticalSin #DDI #ControlledVocabularyCollapse
June 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You changed the label but kept the code.
Congratulations—you’ve invented semantic gaslighting.
#OntologicalDrift #StatisticalSin #DDI #ControlledVocabularyCollapse
Congratulations—you’ve invented semantic gaslighting.
#OntologicalDrift #StatisticalSin #DDI #ControlledVocabularyCollapse
"I’m just here to analyze data."
— last words before 6 weeks defining Universe, TargetPopulation, and 12 CategorySchemes
#DDI #SDMX #StatisticalDetour #SchemaBeforeScience
— last words before 6 weeks defining Universe, TargetPopulation, and 12 CategorySchemes
#DDI #SDMX #StatisticalDetour #SchemaBeforeScience
June 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"I’m just here to analyze data."
— last words before 6 weeks defining Universe, TargetPopulation, and 12 CategorySchemes
#DDI #SDMX #StatisticalDetour #SchemaBeforeScience
— last words before 6 weeks defining Universe, TargetPopulation, and 12 CategorySchemes
#DDI #SDMX #StatisticalDetour #SchemaBeforeScience
Schema validators never judge.
But they do return 173 errors for a missing namespace.
#XMLErrorHumility #DDI #ValidationHorror #StatisticalShame
But they do return 173 errors for a missing namespace.
#XMLErrorHumility #DDI #ValidationHorror #StatisticalShame
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Schema validators never judge.
But they do return 173 errors for a missing namespace.
#XMLErrorHumility #DDI #ValidationHorror #StatisticalShame
But they do return 173 errors for a missing namespace.
#XMLErrorHumility #DDI #ValidationHorror #StatisticalShame
You open the metadata editor.
Blank screen. Infinite fields.
The will falters. You rename the project instead.
#XMLNihilism #MetadataDespair #CSBurnout #SchemaFatigue #StartOverAgain
Blank screen. Infinite fields.
The will falters. You rename the project instead.
#XMLNihilism #MetadataDespair #CSBurnout #SchemaFatigue #StartOverAgain
June 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You open the metadata editor.
Blank screen. Infinite fields.
The will falters. You rename the project instead.
#XMLNihilism #MetadataDespair #CSBurnout #SchemaFatigue #StartOverAgain
Blank screen. Infinite fields.
The will falters. You rename the project instead.
#XMLNihilism #MetadataDespair #CSBurnout #SchemaFatigue #StartOverAgain
The first codebook entry always lies.
"1 = Yes" seems harmless—until someone makes it "1 = Sometimes."
#CodebookChaos #DDI #ValueLabelDespair #StatisticalCodingHorror
"1 = Yes" seems harmless—until someone makes it "1 = Sometimes."
#CodebookChaos #DDI #ValueLabelDespair #StatisticalCodingHorror
June 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The first codebook entry always lies.
"1 = Yes" seems harmless—until someone makes it "1 = Sometimes."
#CodebookChaos #DDI #ValueLabelDespair #StatisticalCodingHorror
"1 = Yes" seems harmless—until someone makes it "1 = Sometimes."
#CodebookChaos #DDI #ValueLabelDespair #StatisticalCodingHorror
Defaults are the original sin of metadata.
You didn’t set them. You inherited them.
And now every field is text/plain and en-US forever.
#CSDefaults #SchemaTorment #MetadataEntropy #StartWrongStayWrong
You didn’t set them. You inherited them.
And now every field is text/plain and en-US forever.
#CSDefaults #SchemaTorment #MetadataEntropy #StartWrongStayWrong
June 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Defaults are the original sin of metadata.
You didn’t set them. You inherited them.
And now every field is text/plain and en-US forever.
#CSDefaults #SchemaTorment #MetadataEntropy #StartWrongStayWrong
You didn’t set them. You inherited them.
And now every field is text/plain and en-US forever.
#CSDefaults #SchemaTorment #MetadataEntropy #StartWrongStayWrong
Every metadata project starts with a scope statement.
And ends with 47 undocumented edge cases, 3 angry data custodians, and one existential crisis.
#DDI #ScopeCreep #CSReality #StandardsDespair #MetadataScopeFallacy
And ends with 47 undocumented edge cases, 3 angry data custodians, and one existential crisis.
#DDI #ScopeCreep #CSReality #StandardsDespair #MetadataScopeFallacy
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Every metadata project starts with a scope statement.
And ends with 47 undocumented edge cases, 3 angry data custodians, and one existential crisis.
#DDI #ScopeCreep #CSReality #StandardsDespair #MetadataScopeFallacy
And ends with 47 undocumented edge cases, 3 angry data custodians, and one existential crisis.
#DDI #ScopeCreep #CSReality #StandardsDespair #MetadataScopeFallacy
Schema design starts simple: name, type, value.
Then you add multilingual labels, geocoding, 7 exceptions, and a footnote that changes everything.
#SDMX #DDI #SchemaComplexity #TypeSystemFatigue #DesignByMeeting
Then you add multilingual labels, geocoding, 7 exceptions, and a footnote that changes everything.
#SDMX #DDI #SchemaComplexity #TypeSystemFatigue #DesignByMeeting
June 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Schema design starts simple: name, type, value.
Then you add multilingual labels, geocoding, 7 exceptions, and a footnote that changes everything.
#SDMX #DDI #SchemaComplexity #TypeSystemFatigue #DesignByMeeting
Then you add multilingual labels, geocoding, 7 exceptions, and a footnote that changes everything.
#SDMX #DDI #SchemaComplexity #TypeSystemFatigue #DesignByMeeting
Every schema begins with belief:
that the world can be documented. That types can be fixed. That null means something.
By version 0.9, that belief is gone.
#DDI #SDMX #SchemaFatigue #NullEpistemology #TypeTheoreticDespair #CSBurnout
that the world can be documented. That types can be fixed. That null means something.
By version 0.9, that belief is gone.
#DDI #SDMX #SchemaFatigue #NullEpistemology #TypeTheoreticDespair #CSBurnout
June 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every schema begins with belief:
that the world can be documented. That types can be fixed. That null means something.
By version 0.9, that belief is gone.
#DDI #SDMX #SchemaFatigue #NullEpistemology #TypeTheoreticDespair #CSBurnout
that the world can be documented. That types can be fixed. That null means something.
By version 0.9, that belief is gone.
#DDI #SDMX #SchemaFatigue #NullEpistemology #TypeTheoreticDespair #CSBurnout
Welcome to @SchemaFatigue.
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety
June 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Welcome to @SchemaFatigue.
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety
We document documentation.
We start where others stop: the metadata spec.
#DDI #SDMX #MetadataDespair #VersionZeroAnxiety