International Organizations Form Partnership to Increase the Benefit of Research Data for Society

The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) and the World Data System (WDS)—both Interdisciplinary Bodies of the International Council for Science—and the Research Data Alliance (RDA) are pleased to announce the signing of Memoranda of Understanding outlining their collaboration. Coordination of their efforts is important since each organization focuses on different but complementary aspects of research data: CODATA on advocacy, policy, and process; WDS on data provision and stewardship; and RDA on bottom-up implementation of data sharing tools and practices.

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Data are now more numerous and complex than ever. In this new world, we need to maintain the essential linkage between concept and data while recognizing that traditional models for research and data stewardship must change if we are to exploit a new data-intensive era. We increasingly recognize the value of research data, yet we struggle to preserve, share, and reuse data. The alignment of WDS, CODATA, and RDA activities will result in more coordinated worldwide data efforts by bringing together a global community of researchers, archivists, data scientists, librarians, and computer scientists to address the core problems of data for society.

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