Thank You from CODATA to the authors of the White paper

CODATA would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all the authors and reviewers who voluntarily gave their time in bringing this document together. Without their support and commitment to this activity this document would never have come to fruition.

Thank you to:

Lead Author: Paul F. Uhlir , Director of International S&T Information Programs at the US National Academy of Sciences.

Core Authors : Robert Chen, Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Director National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi; Katleen Janssen Legal Researcher, K.U. Leuven, Belgium; Charles Barton, President of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy ; Bernard Minster, ICSU, Chair World Date Centre Panel.

Reviewers : Santiago Borrero  Secretary General, Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH); Dora Ann Lange Canhos , CRIA, Centre in Environmental Information, Sao Paulo, Brazil; V.P. Dimri Indian Academy of Sciences; Yukiko Fukasaku, Director Innvomond, OECD Consultant ; Huadong GUO Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Alexei Gvishiani Director Geophysical Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences; Steve Rossouw Vice-President CODATA and Fraser Taylor Department of Geography and Environmental Studies Carleton University.