MOU Concluded between CODATA and the BIPM
CODATA has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the BIPM (Bureau International des Poids et Mésures). It was signed by Dr Martin Milton, Director of the BIPM and by Dr Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA on 11 October 2021. The BIPM hosts the CODATA Task...
Call for Sessions – SciDataCon 2022
Proposals are invited for sessions at International Data Week’s SciDataCon 2022: Data to Improve our World. The deadline for proposals is 23:59 UTC on 14 February 2022. Submit your session proposal at https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW-2022/submit/ About SciDataCon...
Webinar on Data Quality: Thinking about Quality and DDI Metadata
Data quality is a topic which is often discussed and attracts a lot of interest, but the way in which it is approached varies widely. This, our fourth webinar of the 2021 series took place on 18 November and examined different approaches in the use of metadata for...
Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter: November 2021 Edition
Youth set stage for Americans and Caribbean Regional Platform Young people from across the Americas and the Caribbean have asked for a greater role in preparing and implementing policies to reduce disaster risk in one of the most hazard-prone regions of the...
October 2021: Publications in the Data Science Journal
Title: Towards Globally Unique Identification of Physical Samples: Governance and Technical Implementation of the IGSN Global Sample Number Author: Jens Klump, Kerstin Lehnert, Damian Ulbricht, Anusuriya Devaraju, Kirsten Elger, Dirk Fleischer, Sarah Ramdeen, Lesley...
TOMORROW at Virtual SciDatCon 2021: Closing Plenary Session ‘Organisational Interoperability is Critical for Data Interoperability’ – 28 October 2021
Tomorrow is the last day of Virtual SciDataCon 2021. We close the conference with a plenary session. Organisational Interoperability is Critical for Data Interoperability and Virtual SciDataCon Closing Session, Thursday 28 October, 11:00-13:00 UTC: REGISTER FOR THIS...
TOMORROW at Virtual SciDatCon 2021: Global Open Science and Supporting FAIR – 27 October 2021
Tomorrow, Weds 27 October is the penultimate day of Virtual SciDataCon 2021. We hope you have enjoyed the sessions and have been able to follow the themes of interest. SciDataCon will close on Thursday 28 October, 11:00-13:00 UTC, with a Plenary Session exploring...
TODAY at Virtual SciDatCon 2021: Core Interoperability, Supporting FAIR and new directions for CODATA and WDS
We are into the last few days of SciDataCon 2021: only three days left, don’t miss out! On Tuesday 26 October, there will be three strands. This includes the final session in our exploration of components of Core Interoperability, looking at interoperability for...
CODATA and WDS Strategic Sessions: Virtual SciDataCon 2021 Strand
For the final announcement of thematic strands at Virtual SciDataCon 2021, we would like to draw your attention to a set of sessions exploring strategic issues and new directions for CODATA and WDS, the two data organisations of the International Science Council that...
Supporting FAIR Research: Virtual SciDataCon 2021 Strand
In the final week of Virtual SciDataCon 2021, we see the continuation of the strand on Core Interoperability and two new strands. The first of these covers ’Supporting FAIR Research’, including emerging Research Infrastructure and various activities to support...