Transcript CODATA Data Archiving Activities

Strategies for Open and Permanent
Access to Scientific Information
in Latin America:
Focus on Health and Environmental
Information for Sustainable
Development
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8 - 10 May 2007, Atibaia, Brazil
CODATA: Committee on Data
for Science & Technology
 Interdisciplinary
committee of the
International Council for Science (ICSU)
 Established in 1966
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CODATA focus:
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Data management problems and issues common to
different scientific disciplines
Data used outside the field in which they were
generated
CODATA’s Network of Members
 24
member countries and academies
 15 Union liaisons
 20 supporting organizations
 11 Task Groups, Working Groups, and
Commissions
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Other national member activities
CODATA Task and Working Groups
2006-2008
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Access to Biological Collection
Data
Anthropometric Data &
Engineering
Comprehensive Information
System on Natural Disaster
Mitigation
Data on Natural Gas Hydrates
Data Sources in Asian Oceanic
Countries
Data Sources for Sustainable
Development in SADC
Countries
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Exchangeable Materials Data
Representation to Support
Scientific Research &
Education
Global Species Data Networks
Preservation of and Access to
S&T Data in Developing
Countries
Polar Year Data Policy &
Management
Fundamental Physical
Constants
Why permanence is hard
“Digital resources will not survive or
remain accessible by accident.”
– Bernard Smith, European Commission
ICSTI/ICSU/CODATA Digital Preservation Workshop
15 February 2002, Paris, France
“The desire for archives is much greater
than the desire to archive.”
– Eli Hjorth Reksten
Critical Issues in the Preservation of Datasets
26-27 April 2006, Uppsala, Sweden
Workshop Objectives
 What
are the main challenges and barriers
to progress in providing permanent access
to S&T data?
 What are promising means to overcome
these challenges?
 What specific actions can we put into
practice.
Day 1 AM P lenary
Opening Remarks
International Perspect ives
LUNCH
Day 1 P M P le nary
Policy and Legal Issues
Inst itut ional and Economic Issues
Posters, Themat ic Presentat ions & Technical Demonstrat ions
RECEPTION & DINNER
Day 2 AM P lenary
Management and Technical Issues
Day 2 AM
Themat ic Breakouts:
Panels & Discussion
Health &
Biomedical Data &
Informat ion
Earth & Environmental
Data & Informat ion
Biodiversity Data &
Informat ion
Scient ific, Technical, &
Medical Journals
LUNCH
Day 2 P M
Themat ic Breakouts:
Panels & Discussion
Day 2 P M P le nary
Health & Biomedical
Data & Informat ion
Earth & Environmental
Data & Informat ion
Biodiversity Data &
Informat ion
Scient ific, Technical, &
Medical Journals
Themat ic Breakout Report s
GROUP DINNER
Day 3 AM
Cross-cut ting
Breakout s:
Panels & Discussion
Integration of Geospat ial, SocioIntegration of Environmental,
economic & Bio-medical Data for Geospat ial & Biodiversity Data for
Poverty Reduct ion & Sustainable
Improved Research &
Development
Applicat ions
LUNCH
Day 3 P M P le nary
Day 3: P lenary
Crosscut t in g Breakout Report s
Closing Remarks
Creat ing Permanent Informat ion
Commons for Science in Lat in
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