World Data System (WDS)
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.worlddatasystem.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-data-system/
Twitter: https://x.com/ISC_WDS
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user177825477
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wds_ipo/
Founded
1957
History
Founded within the framework of H-XA1752 - International Council for Science (ICSU), when World Data Centres (WDCs) were set up to provide archives for the observational data resulting from the 'International Geophysical Year' (IGY), with activities guided by IGY Coordinator in Brussels (Belgium).
The System has since expanded and evolved to cover an ever wider variety of geophysical and environmental data, guided and coordinated since 1968 by 'ICSU Panel on World Data Centres'.
At ICSU General Assembly, Oct 2008, Maputo (Mozambique), it was decided to merge World Data Center System (WDCs) – Système des centres mondiaux de données with H-XB0930 - Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Data Analysis Services (FAGS) into a new system.
Currently functions within A-XM6956 - International Science Council (ISC).
Aims
Enhance the capabilities, impact and sustainability of member data repositories and data services by: creating trusted communities of scientific data repositories; strengthening the scientific enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of data and all related components creating first-class data that feeds first-class research output; advocating for accessible data and transparent and reproducible science.
Events
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Scientific Committee (WDS-SC), headed by Chair and comprised of 12 members; International Program Office (IPO), hosted by the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute in Knoxville TN (USA), headed by an Executive Director; International Technology Office (ITO) hosted by Ocean Networks Canada; Working Groups.
Languages
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UIA Org ID
XE1185
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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