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www.icsu-wds.org. WDS Vision The new WDS will support ICSU’s mission and objectives, ensuring the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assessed data and data services to the international science community and other stakeholders. WDS Goals
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www.icsu-wds.org • WDS Vision • The new WDS will support ICSU’s mission and objectives, ensuring the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assessed data and data services to the international science community and other stakeholders. • WDS Goals • Enable universal and equitable access to scientific data and information • Facilitate better access to data • Strive for simpler access to data • Work to provide quality-assured data and information • Promote improved data stewardship • Work to reduce the digital divide • Ultimately, provide data for better science
To assist the WDS Scientific Committee in developing the new WDS, the WDS-SC is surveying and compiling expressions of interest in the new WDS. These expressions of interest are in no way binding, but will serve as critical input to the initial planning process for the new WDS. If your organization has interest in becoming part of the new WDS, please complete this brief survey.
http://www.codata2010.com/ CODATA 2010 Sessions/papers with particular relevance for Antarctic Data Open Access Data Models: The Argument for a Polar Information Commons The State of Polar DataMark Parsons, Taco de Bruin The Enduring Legacy of IPY in Canada: Sharing The DataEllsworth LeDrew E1 Data Publishing in the Context of the ICSU World Data System (WDS) Co-Chairs: Michael Diepenbroek and Mikhail ZgurovskyE1-1:Data Publishing in the Context of the ICSU World Data System (WDS)Michael Diepenbroek E1-2:Data Centre-Library Co-operation in Data Publication in Ocean ScienceRoy Lowry E1-3:Integrating Data with Publications: Greater Interactivity and Challenges for Long-term Preservation of the Scientific RecordBrian McMahon