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CODATA Committee on Data for Science &
Technology of
The International Council for Science (ICSU)
Krishan Lal
National Physical Laboratory
New Delhi
Strategies for Open and Permanent Access to Scientific Information in Latin America: Health and Environment Information for Sustainable Development, Atibaia, Sao Paulo, 8-10 May 2007
ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology -
CODATA
Objectives
Current Activities
Challenges and Opportunities
CODATA’s Mission
To strengthen international science for the benefit of society by promoting improved scientific and technical data management
and use
• An Interdisciplinary scientific committee of ICSUhttp://www.icsu.org
• Established in 1966 – Was born at Bombay (Mumbai) India
• Moved to France 1975
• An independent legal organization, which works inclose collaboration with ICSU and the ICSU family
• First General Assembly was held in 1968
ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology – CODATA
General Information
ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology –
CODATAGeneral Information
•Headquarters at 51, Blvd de Montmorency, 75016 Paris; Executive Director- Kathleen Cass
•Web site: http://www.codata.org
•Data Science Journalhttp://dsj.codataweb.org
CODATA is a non governmental organization 24 Member Countries
15 International Scientific Unions as Members
4 Co-opted Scientific Organizations
13 Supporting Organizations (Industry, Government and Academia)
ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology – CODATA
General Information
Member Countries
• Brazil• Cameroon• Canada• Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing• Chinese Academy located in
Taipei• Czech Republic• France*• Georgia• Germany*• India• Indonesia• Ireland* Associate Member
• Israel• Italy• Japan• Korea• Nigeria• Poland• Russia• Senegal• South Africa• Thailand• Ukraine• USA
CODATA Achieves its Mission through:
• Task Groups
• National Member Activities
• Participation in Important International Initiatives, e.g. WSIS
• Organizes Biennial International Conferences
• CODATA Electronic Data Science Journal
• Publications
• Workshops
• Studies and Reports
• Co-operation and Liaison with Other Scientific Organizations
Publications
• A large number of Monographs and other documents have been published (Springer).
• Currently the Data Science Journal is being published electronically, courtesy Japanese e-platform.
Recognition of Outstanding Contributions
• Outstanding contributions in data science are being recognized by the biennial CODATA Prize.
• Canadian CODATA National Committee has shown exemplary initiative to sponsor young researchers to CODATA International Conferences.
Preparatory Phase: Geneva, Dec 2003
Final Phase: Tunis, November 2005
In December 2003, more than 172 countries participated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) at Geneva
WSIS – The First PhaseCulmination in Geneva
In collaboration with ICSU and UNESCO, it held an International Workshop in UNESCO in March 2003 on “The Role of Science in the Information Society”
A nine point Agenda for Action came from this Workshop
Declaration of Principles and Plan of ActionAdopted by 175 countries
Paragraph 7:
“Science has a central role in the development of the Information Society.”
Article 10 of the Agenda for Action: Emphasis on “Access to Information and Knowledge,” and
Article 23 recognizes the important role of “e-Science.”
WSIS First Phase:
Geneva, December 2003
Major CODATA activities between Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005)
• Special Session at 19th International Conference of CODATA, Nov 2004, Berlin
• International Workshop on “Creating the Information Commons for e-Science: Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action” Paris, 1-2 Sep 2005
• Three Sessions at the World Summit on Information Society, Tunis, November 2005
ICSU,ICSTI, INASP, UNESCO, US National Academy of Sciences,TWAS, and in collaboration of the OECD
Partners
A Significant Achievement
Helped in firming up the new initiative on Global Information Commons for Science after discussions from legal, economic and other perspectives
President, CODATA, Professor Shuichi President, CODATA, Professor Shuichi Iwata, reported in the Main Plenary Session Iwata, reported in the Main Plenary Session of the Summit:of the Summit:
Launching of a new initiative to create the Global Information Commons for Science
Professor Shuichi, President CODATA
addressing the Eighth Plenary Session of theWorld Summit on the Information Society, 18 November 2005 , Tunis
Photograph by Prof Liu Chuang
““Science helped to create the Science helped to create the Information Society—it can now help Information Society—it can now help extend that society to all.”extend that society to all.”
Iwata, S., and R.S. Chen. 2005. Science and the Digital Divide (editorial). Science 310 (5747, 21 October): 405.
• CODATA has the potential to serve with other organizations as a vehicle of development in the least developed regions, particularly in increasing the quality and spread of education.
• There is a great scope in integrating traditional knowledge base with the main stream in a transparent and ethical manner.
Challenges Facing CODATAChallenges Facing CODATA
CODATA Task Groups
• Access to Biological Collection Data
• Anthropometric Data and Engineering
• Comprehensive Information System on Natural Disaster Mitigation
• Data Sources in Asian and Oceanic Countries
• Data Sources for Sustainable Development in SADC Countries
• Exchangeable Materials Data Representation to Support Scientific Research and Education
• Fundamental Constants
• Gas Hydrates
• Global Species Data Networks
• Polar Year Data Policy and Management
• Preservation of and Access to S&T Data in Developing Countries
Scientific Unions• International Astronomical
Union
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• International Union of Biological Sciences
• International Geographical Union
• International Union of Crystallography
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• International Union of Geological Sciences
• International Union of Psychological Science
• International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics
• International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• International Union of Pharmacology
• International Union of Immunological Societies
• International Union of Microbiological Societies
• International Union of Soil Scientists
Co-opted Organizations
• ICSU Panel on World Data Centers
• Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services
• International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
• World Federation for Culture Collections
Supporting Organizations
• Defense Technical Information
• Springer-Verlag
• All Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information
• Chemical Abstracts Services
• Fachinformationszentrum Chemie, Gmbh
• Japan association for International Chemical Information
• National Library of Medicine
• Design Institute for Physical Property Data (DIPPR) American Institute for Chemical Engineers
• Japan Society of Information and Knowledge
• Protein Data Bank
• Protein Information Resources
• Russian Research Centre for Standardization, Information and Certification of Materials (VNITS SMV)
• Stroyteks
CODATA Data Science Journal
• A peer-reviewed electronic journal
• Publishing papers on the management of data and databases in Science and Technology
• The scope of the journal includes descriptions of data systems, their publication on the internet, applications and legal issues
• All of the Sciences are covered, including the Physical
Sciences, Engineering, the Geosciences and the Biosciences, along with Agriculture and the Medical Science.
http://dsj.codataweb.org/
Collaboration With International Organizations
(A Sample)
• International Council for Science (ICSU)
• UNESCO
• Org. of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)
• Global Biodiversity Information Framework (GBIF)
• Global Earth Observation Systems of Systems (GEOSS)
• International Association of Networking Publications (INASP)
• International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
• Science Commons
How Do We Measure Our Success?
Are our activities and/or the issues we think are important highlighted in publications outside of CODATA publications ?
Yes
For more details see: http://www.codata.org/press.html
Would You Think Of Joining CODATA?
Only you can answer that…..
Statistical Data
Scientific Publications: Indian Scenario
Scientific Output
•Scientific Journals Published from India ~ 12,000•Technical Reports > 8,000•Ph. D. Thesis (2001-02) > 11,400
•PatentsFiled ~8,400 (2000-01)Granted >1300
Rankings in Terms of Research PapersAll Countries and All Fields
CountryPapers Citations
Citations
Per paper
Total Rank* Total Rank* Total Rank*
USA 2,758,037 1 34.5 106 1 12.45 6
Japan 699,840 2 4.9 106 4 7.03 39
Germany 632,261 3 5.8 106 3 8.64 21
India 184,086 13 0.6 106 21 3.24 119
*Rank Among ALL Countries in terms of number of papers.Source: ESI (January 1, 1994 – August 31, 2004)
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Thank You
Dhanyavad