{"id":35,"date":"2021-06-27T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/wp\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T20:00:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:00:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/Staging_001\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b26fbf4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b26fbf4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a91d75\" data-id=\"9a91d75\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-726a294 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"726a294\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddatasystem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Data System<\/a> (WDS), an affiliate member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/council.science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Science Council<\/a> (ISC; formerly ICSU), serves a membership of trusted data repositories and related organizations. The WDS was established by the ISC to promote long-term stewardship of, and universal and equitable access to, quality-assured scientific data and data services, products, and information across a range of disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. The WDS is comprised of two offices: The International Technology Office (ITO), based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worlddatasystem.org\/organization\/international-programme-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Programme Office<\/a> (IPO) based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, hosted by the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge Innovation Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The ITO was formed in late 2018 with the\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: var(--nv-site-bg);\">mission to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--nv-site-bg); font-size: var(--bodyFontSize); letter-spacing: var(--bodyLetterSpacing); text-transform: var(--bodyTextTransform);\">build trustworthy and enduring global research data infrastructure for the public good. You can read more about our work on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wds-ito.org\/what-we-do\/\">What We Do<\/a> page.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d166a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d166a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WDS members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fae713b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fae713b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The ITO&#8217;s role is to help WDS members build data infrastructure for global research. A full list of members can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/worlddatasystem.org\/members\/member_directory\/\">IPO member directory<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b69ca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-custom_html\" data-id=\"9b69ca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-custom_html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd1ac02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd1ac02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hosting<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d63917 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d63917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The ITO is hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/oceannetworks.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean Networks Canada<\/a> (ONC) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvic.ca\/\">University of Victoria<\/a> Queenswood Campus, <a href=\"https:\/\/nrc.canada.ca\/en\/research-development\/nrc-facilities\/canadian-astronomy-data-centre-research-facility\">NRC\u2019s Canadian Astronomy Data Centre<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/\">University of Waterloo<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccin.ca\/\">Canadian Cryospheric Information Network<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polardata.ca\/\">Polar Data 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