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Reports of IUCr representative to CODATA
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- From: Brian McMahon <bm@iucr.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:05:46 +0100
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Dear Mike Please find attached the 2007 annual report and the 2005-08 triennial report of the CODATA representative, which I am also copying to the Electronic Publishing Committee list for information. I'm sorry it has been so late in coming! Best wishes Brian ============================================================================== IUCr 2007 Report - ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) CODATA hosted or sponsored the following meetings during 2007: * Annual meeting of the International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST), Montreal, Canada, 15-18 May 2007. This meeting focused on the theme of "Building Global Knowledge Communities with Open Data". * Workshop on common-use licensing of scientific data products, Paris, France, September 2007. This was hosted in collaboration with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and Science Commons. * 2nd International CODATA Symposium on Generalization of Information, Geneva, Switzerland, 1-3 October 2007. * PV 2007: Ensuring the Long-term Preservation and Value Adding to Scientific and Technical Data, Oberpaffenhofen, Germany, 9-11 October 2007. * International Symposium on LandCover Logic: From Sensors to Cartographic Products and Business Processes, Berlin, Germany, 29-30 November 2007. CODATA also participated actively in the Global Earth Observation (GEO) Summit, Cape Town, South Africa, 27-30 November 2007, at which it presented a White Paper 'Implementation Guidelines for the GEOSS Data Sharing Principles'. Several CODATA Task Groups also held meetings during the year: * The Task Group on Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in Developing Countries organized a major workshop in Brazil in May. * The Task Group on Data Sources for Sustainable Development in SADC Countries held its first meeting jointly with the Preservation Task Group in Pretoria, South Africa on 16-17 May. * In March, the Task Group on Fundamental Constants released the 2006 version of the CODATA internationally recommended values of the fundamental physical constants. The new values are available from the NIST web site at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html * The Task Group on International Polar Year (IPY) Data Policy and Management held its first meeting in conjunction with the launch of the IPY in Paris; a second meeting took place in Quebec in the autumn. * The Task Group on Anthropometric Data and Engineering met in Banff, Canada in August. * The Task Group on Data Sources in Asian-Oceanic Countries (DSAO) met in Beijing on 4-5 December. Following the ICSU Priority Area Assessment review on Scientific Data and Information, CODATA has moved to develop a Strategic Plan covering the period 2006-2012. A public review draft of the Plan was released in July 2007. The IUCr Representative has provided input to this, as well as to proposed minor modifications to the CODATA Constitution. CODATA appointed Professor Paul A. David as a co-opted member of the Executive Committee to take the lead on CODATA-led EU activities promoting the Global Information Commons for Science Initiative (GICSI). The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics has joined CODATA. In 2007 the CODATA Office in Paris moved from the premises it occupied since the late 1970s on boulevard de Montmorency to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie. The IUCr CODATA Representative continues to work closely with the ICSTI Representative, Professor J. R. Helliwell, on matters of common interest. B. McMahon, IUCr Representative. ============================================================================== IUCr 2005-2008 Report - ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) CODATA is the interdisciplinary Committee on Data for Science and Technology of the International Council for Science (ICSU). It is currently a worldwide network of 23 national data committees, two Associate National Members, 16 international scientific unions, 4 co-opted delegates, and 20 supporting organizations from industry, government and academia which define and lead its scientific programme. It is concerned with collection, management, manipulation, access to and exploitation of quantitative data in science and technology. Specific projects are addressed by Task Groups answerable to the CODATA General Assembly, by Working Groups, by themed workshops or conferences, and by publications on specific aspects of data handling or data compilation, including conference proceedings. The major activities of CODATA in the past triennium were as follows. The 20th International CODATA Conference took place in Beijing, China, in October 2006. Its theme was 'Scientific Data and Knowledge within the Information Society'. Over 600 delegates attended. Several sessions celebrated CODATA's first 40 years of existence, and many other sessions focussed on continuing developments in data collection, management, interpretation and curation. The IUCr representative presented a paper on the impact of publishing policy on data quality. A full meeting report is available at http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/data/docs/. In response to the ICSU Priority Area Assessment review on Scientific Data and Information presented in 2004, a draft Strategic Plan was developed to guide the future activities of CODATA. This Plan will be presented to the next General Assembly in 2008. The Draft recommends that CODATA pursue three major initiatives during the period 2006-2012: the Global Information Commons for Science Initiative (GICSI), the Scientific Data Across the Digital Divide Programme; and Advanced Data Methods and Information Technologies for Research and Education. The IUCr delivered a response to the initial GICSI prospectus (http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/iucr/gicsi/response.html) and has taken note of its principles in its evolving approach to understanding the application of intellectual property rights to scientific data. The new Mission Statement for CODATA, arising from the development of its Strategic Plan and adopted at the 25th General Assembly, emphasises the social responsibility of scientists in their approach to handling data: 'The mission of CODATA is to strengthen international science for the benefit of society by promoting improved scientific and technical data management and use.' Details of CODATA's involvement in other meetings and projects can be found in the annual reports of the undersigned. Although many activities are of global scope, or fall well outside the areas of scientific interest of the IUCr, engagement with CODATA remains important for following developments in general aspects of data management, access, interoperability, intellectual property rights and archiving. I believe that we also have an important role to play in continuing to emphasise the importance of applying the highest achievable quality criteria to the handling of physical science data, as a model for good practice in other disciplines. The CODATA web site is at http://www.codata.org. B. McMahon, IUCr Representative. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Epc mailing list Epc@iucr.org http://scripts.iucr.org/mailman/listinfo/epc
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