http://www.codata.org CODATA is an interdisciplinary Scientific Committee of the International Council for Science (ICSU), which works to improve the quality, reliability, management and accessibility of data of importance to all fields of science and technology. CODATA is a resource that provides scientists and engineers with access to international data activities for increased awareness, direct cooperation and new knowledge. CODATA was established in 1966 by ICSU to promote and encourage, on a world-wide basis, the compilation, evaluation and dissemination of reliable numerical data of importance to science and technology. en-us http://www.codataweb.org/06conf/index.html Planning is underway for the 20th International CODATA Conference. CODATA is currently calling for abstracts. Details are available at http://www.codataweb.org/06conf/index.html. http://www.codata.org/resources/newsletters/index.html The CODATA Newsletter is published quarterly and includes articles and updates on CODATA activities. http://www.codata.org/wsis/index.html In December 2003, over 172 countries participated in Geneva in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action approved by the participants recognized that science has a central role in the development of the Information Society. Efforts are now being made to put the Plan of Action into motion and working groups are being set up to find solutions and reach agreements in the fields of Internet governance and financing mechanisms. http://www.codata.org/wsis/GlobalCommonsforScienceSept1.html At the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) meeting in Geneva, December 2003, 175 countries adopted a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action . It was recognized by these countries, in paragraph 7 of the Declaration of Principle, that "science has a central role in the development of the Information Society. Many of the building blocks of the Information Society are the result of scientific and technical advances made possible by the sharing of research results". http://www.codataweb.org/UNESCOmtg/index.html On September 1-2, 2005 an International Workshop was convened in Paris on “Creating the Information Commons for Science: Toward Institutional Policies and Guidelines for Action.” The workshop was organized by CODATA with the joint sponsorship ICSU, ICSTI, INASP, UNESCO, and TWAS, and the collaboration of the OECD. More than one hundred individuals from about twenty-five nations participated, forming an assembly with a wide range of expertise and practical experience in many domains of science, information management, and related areas of the social sciences, law, and public policy. They were joined by representatives of international organizations and decision-makers in national governments with responsibilities for public science and technology policies and public research funding. http://www.codata.org/resources/newsletters/index.html The CODATA Newsletter is published quarterly and includes articles and updates on CODATA activities. http://dsj.codataweb.org The Data Science Journal is a peer-reviewed electronic journal publishing papers on the management of data and databases in Science and Technology. Details can be found in the prospectus. The scope of the journal includes descriptions of data systems, their publication on the internet, applications and legal issues. All of the Sciences are covered, including the Physical Sciences, Engineering, the Geosciences and the Biosciences, along with Agriculture and the Medical Science. http://www.codata.org/archives/2006/2006/06conf/index.html The 20th International CODATA Conference, held in Beijing on 23-25 October 2006, drew over 500 scientists and data professionals from all over the globe. http://www.codata.org/about/executiveboard.html The 25th CODATA General Assembly was held in Beijing on 26-27 October 2006 during which new Officers and Executive Committee were named. http://www.codata.org/archives/2006/2006/06conf/prize.html CODATA, the ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology, announces that the fourth recipient of the CODATA Prize is Dr. John R. Rumble, Jr. of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ( United States ). Dr. Rumble is cited as he has been a leader and an innovator in the world of scientific and technical data for over three decades. http://www.codata.org/resources/newsletters/index.html CODATA Newsletter No. 93, January 2007, is now available in PDF format on the CODATA website. http://www.codata.org/06conf/index.html Keynote and Key Session presentations from the 20th CODATA Conference in October 2006 in Beijing are now available on the CODATA website.