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CDIF Version 1.1 Now Final
After the initial release of the CDIF version 1.1 Profiles in June, and a subsequent round of testing and implementation, they have now been finalised. The release will henceforth be stable, with all further issues and features addressed in subsequent versions. The...
From Checklists to Crisis Response: CODATA and UNESCO Present the First Global Survey on Data Policies for Times of Crisis
Crises rarely wait for institutions to be ready for them. Floods, epidemics, earthquakes and displacement events unfold across borders, sectors and time zones, and the organisations that respond to them succeed or fail depending on whether they can find, trust and...
Career opportunity at CODATA: Technical Expert, Data, Metadata and Trustworthy AI
Excellent opportunity for an experienced professional seeking a full-time, fixed-term role and eager to work in an innovative international team of experts to advance science and the use of data to address today’s global, multifaceted societal challenges. Location:...
Career opportunity at CODATA: Project officer, Data Policy, Legal and Organisational Interoperability
Excellent opportunity for an experienced professional seeking a full-time, fixed-term role and eager to work in an innovative international team of experts to advance science and the use of data to address today’s global, multifaceted societal challenges. Location:...
An AI-ready, data engineering playbook for FAIR Integration in EOSC and beyond: CDIF4EOSC Workshop, London, Friday 9 October, in person registration open
In person registration is open for this informative and interactive workshop about the Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework (CDIF) and the CDIF4EOSC project. The workshop is being held as an RDA 27th Plenary Meeting Co-located Event. Register here to attend in...
Read Now – August 2026: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Data Management Challenges for Translational Agricultural Research in West Africa: The Case of the Crops Research Institute, Ghana Author: Joyce Koranteng-Acquah, Sabina Leonelli URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-035 Title: VESA: A Visualization-Enabled...
Webinar: Bringing Data Sovereignty into Participatory Sciences
Wednesday 9 September at 19:00 UTC / 21:00 CEST / 3:00pm EDT (UTC -4) Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JOqylCadQfGbcL_HsPoZoQ The IDEAL program at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network invites you to a webinar on Bringing Data...
Read Now – Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: August 2026 Edition
A data engineering approach to tracking global climate resilience What counts as a climate-resilient road? One country might build to withstand a 1-in-50-year flood, another a 1-in-100-year flood, and both report against the same indicator. COP30 in Belém adopted 59...
A data engineering approach to tracking global climate resilience
An article illustrating the importance and benefits of the data engineering approach recommended by the WorldFAIR Policy Brief, was published on 19th August 2026 on the UNDRR’s PreventionWeb site. 'A data engineering approach to tracking global climate resilience’...
Read Now – July 2026: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Automated Retrieval and Analysis of Finnish Cultural Metadata with finna Author: Akewak Jeba, Julia Matveeva, Leo Lahti URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2026-027 Title: Insects in the Mail, a Quantitative Analysis of Charles Robertson’s Scientific Correspondence...