CODATA’s vision is of a world in which science is empowered to address universal challenges through the transparent, trustworthy and equitable use of data and information.
CODATA’s mission is to connect data and people to advance science and improve our world.
The major global scientific and human challenges of the 21st century can only be tackled through cross-domain research that seeks to answer complex scientific questions through machine-assisted analysis at scale. For science to address global challenges effectively, high-quality, reliable, transparent data is essential.
The rapid development and adoption of data science and AI present epochal opportunities and challenges for science. It is essential that the deployment of these technologies serves humanity, and follows the scientific principles of transparency and reproducibility. Data policy in conformance with the values and principles of Open Science, and the FAIR and CARE principles sets a crucial framework to guide activities of various institutions to achieve these objectives.
As the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (ISC), CODATA helps realise ISC’s vision of advancing science as a global public good.
CODATA has three strategic priorities:
- Making data work for cross-domain grand challenges: CODATA is leading a ground-breaking initiative, called WorldFAIR+, to provide practical guidance and technical recommendations to ensure that the data needed for interdisciplinary research is FAIR.
- Promoting data policy: CODATA encourages the adoption of principles, policies and practices for FAIR data and trustworthy, equitable and transparent science.
- Putting data science and AI in service of science: CODATA develops good practices and guidelines for the science of data, particularly to enable transparency and reproducibility in the use of computational methods in a world adapting to the challenges and opportunities of transformative technologies.
For further information, please see our strategy document: “CODATA: Connecting Data and People“.
CODATA follows these priorities through a number of strategic initiatives and projects, and through its Task Groups and Working Groups. CODATA supports the Data Science Journal and collaborates on major data conferences like SciDataCon and International Data Week.
CODATA supports the principles of Open Science and follows them in the work we do. CODATA projects and activities abide by the principles laid out in the UNESCO Recommendation and other core documents on Open Science to which we have contributed. CODATA encourages its Task Groups, Working Groups, and Committees to follow principles of diversity and equality in membership, leadership and operations.
Page last updated: 2024-11-06.