International Council for Science : Committee on Data for Science and Technology

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C O D A T A

CODATA Task Groups 2012 - 2014

Through its Task Groups, CODATA executes an ambitious international scientific agenda, addressing major data needs and policy issues in a broad range of subjects. These activities are selected at the biennial CODATA General Assemblies.
The following were approved or renewed at the October 2012 General Assembly in Taipei:

• Advancing Informatics for Microbiology
• Anthropometric Data and Engineering
• Data at Risk
• Data Citation Standards and Practices
• Earth and Space Science Data Interoperability
• Exchangeable Materials Data Representation to Support Scientific Research and Education
• Fundamental Physical Constants
• Global Information Commons for Science Initiative
• Linked Open Data for Global Disaster Risk Research
• Octopus: Mining Space and Terrestrial Data for Improved Weather, Climate and Agriculture Predictions
• Global Roads Data Development
• Preservation of and Access to Scientific and Technical Data in/for/with Developing Countries (PASTD)