The CODATA Secretariat will be taking a break for the end of the year holidays. We would like to wish you a pleasant and relaxing holiday, however you may be celebrating it. 2021 was another ‘interesting’ year! As a global organisation, our activities have been...
CODATA is delighted that the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa has announced the appointments of Dr. Tshiamo Motshegwa as Director, and Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu as Deputy-Director of the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). CODATA looks forward very much...
Organised by the FAIR Digital Objects Forum, this High Level Panel featuring innovative thinkers and discussants will take place online on 19 January 2022, 13.00 to 17.00 UTC. Register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/92302933025 Large sums of money, and equally great...
Title: A Framework for Data-Driven Solutions with COVID-19 Illustrations Author: Kassim S. Mwitondi , Raed A. Said URL: http://doi.org/10.5334/dsj-2021-036 Title: Interconnecting Systems Using Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans – Hackathon Report Author: João...
World Bank: Disaster risk insurance: 5 insights from the Philippines With disasters a growing threat, insurance for countries trying to manage climate and disaster risk is becoming increasingly critical. While insight on what works – and what doesn’t – to build...
Mission and objectives The mission of the Working Group was to work with global scholars to collaboratively establish a basic consensus for further activities and research on data ethics principles and a data ethics framework to help CODATA advance its mission in...
Mission and objectives This Working Group’s objective is to explore data issues for the purpose of developing technology to help people live and age well, with special focus on maintaining cognitive functions until the very end of life. To tackle this challenge on...
The CODATA Executive Committee may set up Working Groups (as per the CODATA Constitution by-law 5.9) to explore the need for CODATA action on specific issues. A Working Group shall normally continue for not more than two years. If a Working Group recommends the...
Mission and objectives Building on the CODATA Uniform Description System (UDS) for materials at the nanoscale and the efforts underway to develop a nanomaterial line notation, called ‘InChI for nanomaterials’ within the IUPAC InChI Trust, the CODATA Task Group on...
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 and final webinar in the 2021 series, examined different approaches in the use of metadata for describing data...