World Data System

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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SciDataCon 2025 Poster Proposals Submission Deadline Approaching!

🚨 Last Call for Poster Proposals! 🚨 The submission deadline for poster proposals for SciDataCon 2025 is fast approaching on 15 May. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your research and engage with the international data community at this prestigious event. Submit...

Member Highlight: Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research

The Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research (ROIS-DS), part of the Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS), was established in 2016 in Tokyo, Japan by ROIS as a joint-use, collaborative research institute for the integrated nationwide promotion...

Member Highlight: DataFirst

DataFirst is a Research Unit and Data Service based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa that gives researchers online access to survey and administrative microdata from African countries. They also train African data managers in microdata curation, conduct...

Member Highlight: International Space Environment Service

The International Space Environment Service (ISES) has been the primary organization engaged in the international coordination of space weather services since 1962. ISES is a collaborative network of space weather service-providing organizations around the globe with...

Member Highlight: Inter-University Upper Atmosphere Global Observation NETwork

The Inter-University Upper Atmosphere Global Observation NETwork (IUGONET) is a collaborative project among Japanese universities and institutes aimed at sharing data obtained from various regions, including the solar surface, interplanetary space, and solar planets...

Member Highlight: National Oceanography Centre

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has been dedicated to preserving and distributing oceanographic and marine data for over 55 years. Their multidisciplinary data holdings include physical, chemical, biological, and geophysical datasets assembled from diverse...

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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.

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