This
international symposium was held 10-11 March 2003 at UNESCO Headquarters
in Paris, to address
the following Statement of Task:
- Describe
the role, value, and limits that the public domain and open access
to digital data and information have in the context of international
research.
- Identify
and analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures
on the public domain in digital data and information, and their
potential effects on international research.
- Review the
existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting
the public domain and open access to S&T data and information
on a global basis, with particular attention to the needs of developing
countries.
- Identify
and analyze important issues for follow up by the ICSU family
of organizations and for the development of an Action Plan in
this area by ICSU and UNESCO in preparation for the World Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS).
The symposium
brought together leading experts and managers from the government
and academic sectors in the developed and developing world, who
are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of data and
information in public research. Additional background information is available.
Symposium
Report
The proceedings
of the symposium will be taped, transcribed, edited, and published
jointly by the collaborating organizations. The report will be published
in hard copy and online on the National Academies Web site, with
links to the other collaborating organizations' Web sites. The ICSU
and UNESCO Action Plan will be prepared and disseminated separately.
Relevant Links
World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS)
ICSU and the WSIS
UNESCO
and the WSIS
UNESCO
On-line Discussion Forum for a Civil Society (9
December 2002 through 15
January 2003)
National Academies
Contacts
Paul Uhlir, Director, U.S.
National Committee for CODATA
Julie
Esanu, Program Officer, U.S.
National Committee for CODATA
CODATA Contact
Kathleen Cass, Executive
Director, CODATA
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