The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2025, held from March 20 to 28 in Boulder, Colorado, convened a diverse assembly of Arctic researchers, Indigenous leaders,… Read More »Climate Front Lines: Big Ideas from the ASSW/ICARP Conference
Coming into this practicum with a background in data science, I was eager to explore how structured metadata, standards, and repository governance interact in real-world… Read More »Final Words from Qin (Ariel)
On this World Health Day, as we focus on ‘Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,’ the critical role of robust health research in achieving this vision becomes… Read More »Data Quality for Healthy Beginnings and Hopeful Futures – Reflections on the Health Data Summit 2025 on World Health Day
We’ve created a new social media profile on Bluesky! We are transitioning our primary social media presence to Bluesky in order to engage with and… Read More »The World Data System International Technology Office is on Bluesky!
Our recent workshop on Data Repository Descriptive Metadata: Recommendations & Resources held in January 2025 was a tremendous success! The event brought together experts and… Read More »Data Repository Descriptive Metadata Workshop Review
Take the survey! Delphi Study The World Data System (WDS) and its Scientific Committee are launching a study to identify the value-added benefits of data… Read More »Delphi Study on Data Repository Benefits
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Arctic Data Committee (ADC) and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Standing Committee for Antarctic Data Management (SCADM)… Read More »Polar Data Forum VI: Exploring “Human + Impact” in Hobart, Australia
International Data Week (IDW) 2025 is a unique event that combines the Research Data Alliance Plenary Meeting and SciDataCon. Organized by WDS and CODATA, SciDataCon… Read More »International Data Week 2025 – Upcoming Webinars & SciDataCon Call for Submissions
Qin (Ariel) Xu has joined the WDS-ITO as a practicum student for this semester. She is currently pursuing a Master of Information Studies at McGill… Read More »Welcome Qin (Ariel)!
As this year’s International Digital Health Week, November 4 to 10, 2024, (DHW2024) comes to a close, the spotlight turns toward addressing an urgent global… Read More »Celebrating Digital Health Week at the Dawn of COP29