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The World Data System (WDS) is an Affiliated Body of the International Science Council (ISC)

The mission of the World Data System is to enhance the capabilities, impact and sustainability of our member data repositories and data services by:

creating trusted communities of scientific data repositories

strengthening the scientific enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of data and all related components creating first-class data that feeds first-class research output

advocating for accessible data and transparent and reproducible science.

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Member Highlight: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

The NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) has been a WDS Regular Member since September 2014. GES DISC is one of twelve NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Data Centers that provide Earth science data, information, and services...

Member Highlight: International Council for Scientific and Technical Information

The International Council for Science and Technical Information (ICSTI) has been a WDS Regular Member since May 2014. ICSTI offers a unique forum for interaction between organizations that create, disseminate, and use scientific and technical information. ICSTI's...

From Winners to Leaders: How the Data Stewardship Award Transformed Careers

  Xiaogang Marshall Ma received the WDS Data Stewardship Award in 2014 when he was a postdoctoral fellow working at the Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He joined the University of Idaho in 2016 and is currently a tenured Associate Professor of Computer...

Member Highlight: World Data Center for Ionosphere and Space Weather

The World Data Center of Ionosphere and Space Weather has been a WDS Regular Member since November 2013. The WDC-ISW at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) archives and distributes ionospheric data and data related to space...

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WDS represents a worldwide community of excellence for scientific data that ensures the long-term stewardship and provision of quality-assured data and data services to the international science community.

International Council for Scientific and Technical Information

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

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