WDS in the News
Africa get continent-wide data centre
Linda Nordling, www.scidev.net
28 October 2010
South Africa is spearheading activities to collect and curate research data about the African continent in an effort to shrug off its data-poor image. A prototype of the World Data Centre on Biodiversity and Human Health in Africa was presented at The Committee on Data for Science and Technology's (CODATA) international conference in Cape Town this week (24–27 October).
International Science Council to Revamp World Data Centers
Cheryl Pellerin, Science Writer
02 July 2009
Washington — For more than 50 years, the International Council for Science (ICSU) has had world data centers — open, nonpolitical repositories of data for scientists in every country. Now, the ICSU is replacing the centers with a leading-edge World Data System (WDS) whose scope and technologies are evolving but whose policy of nondiscriminatory access to science remains a priority.
