AIMS

Applications are invited to participate in the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science

31/08/2017

Applications are invited to participate in the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science which will be held at ICTP-SAIFR, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 4-15 December 2017. To apply you must use the online form which is available HERE. The deadline for applications is 22 September 2017 !________________________________________________________________________________________________About the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data ScienceWhat ...

Make Data Count (MDC) project : Data can receive the same credit that is assigned to Journal Articles

31/08/2017

The Make Data Count (MDC) project is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and deploy the social and technical infrastructure necessary to elevate data to a first-class research output alongside more traditional products, such as publications. Partners of the Project are: California Digital Library, DataCite and DataONE (...

AIMS, M2B and AGROVOC as a starting point for SANKOFA - a Semantic Web Knowledge Sharing Collaborative Framework

30/08/2017

Did you hear about SANKOFA? It is a Semantic Web Knowledge Sharing Collaborative Framework fostering the networking among the International Network on Appropriate Technology (INAT)* Community of Practice (CoP). INAT promotes Appropriate Technology (AT) to empower poorer people to achieve sustainable development. SANKOFA enriches AT knowledge representation through transformation of ...

American Geophysical Union Coalition Receives Grant To Advance Open And Fair Data Standards In The Earth And Space Sciences

29/08/2017

Scientific results are increasingly dependent on large complex data sets and models that transform these data. This is particularly true in the Earth and space sciences, where critical data increasingly provide diverse and important societal benefits and are used in critical real-time decisions...Open, accessible, and high-quality data and related ...

IOC Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021)

29/08/2017

The IOC* Strategic Plan for Oceanographic Data and Information Management (2017-2021) - published in English on 22/08/17 (UNESCO 2017) - is available as IOC Manuals and Guides No. 77 through http://www.iode.org/mg77. Within the context of IOC the following definitions for data and information are used: Data: consists of oceanographic ...