WDS Scientific Committee

Term of Reference

1. To ensure that the WDS clearly supports ICSU’s mission and objectives by ensuring the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assessed data and data services to the international science community and other stakeholders;
2. to develop, and keep under continuous review, an implementation plan for the creation of the World Data System by incorporating the ICSU World Data Centres (WDCs),  the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical data analysis Service (FAGS) and other data centres and services;
3. to define agreed standards, establish and oversee the procedures for the review and accreditation of existing and new facilities;
4. to monitor the geographic and disciplinary scope of the system and to develop strategies for the recruitment and establishment of new WDS facilities as necessary;
5. to consider resource issues and provide guidance on funding mechanisms for facilities within WDS when appropriate;
6. to develop strong cooperative links with the ICSU Strategic Coordinating Committee on Information and Data (SCCID);
7. to develop close links and cooperation with the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA).

Draft ICSU WDS Constitution

The ICSU WDS Scientific Committee has developed a Constitution approved by the ICSU Executive Board (Mayl 2011).

Members