On 11–17 September 2016, data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from across the globe will convene in Denver, Colorado for International Data Week (IDW). The theme of this landmark event is ‘From Big Data to Open Data: Mobilizing the Data Revolution’. As such, International Data Week will bring together data scientists, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policy ...
As the leading international, multidisciplinary organization in the provision of trusted scientific data services, the World Data System (WDS) of the International Council for Science has adopted a new set of Data Sharing Principles to advance its goals and to embody the spirit of ‘open science’ meant to unite diverse communities of data producers and data users.
SciDataCon2014, the International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability, took place on 2–5 November in New Delhi, India. The Conference was motivated by the conviction that the most significant research challenges—and in particular the pressing issues relating to global sustainability in the face of ongoing natural and human-induced changes to the planetary ...
DataCite and the ICSU World Data System (ICSU-WDS) announce an agreement to strengthen their collaboration and enhance the availability of high-quality scientific data to researchers worldwide. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the organizations clearly states their intention to coordinate efforts in areas of mutual interest, such as data publishing and improving ...
Participants—data managers, scientists, and research coordinators—of the International Forum on 'Polar Data Activities in Global Data Systems' (15–16 October 2013; National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan) share their observations on the current state of polar data activities and their recommendations for enhancing and sustaining core data services into the future.
