CODATA Workshop on Archiving Scientific and Technical Data
Details of the organization
Name *
CODATA
Organization country
International
Website (URL)
http://www.codata.org
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
CODATA Workshop on Archiving Scientific and Technical Data
Description *
The workshop brought together more than 70 people representing more than 30 South African science agencies, universities, and archives as well as scientific data archiving experts and CODATA members from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States of America. The principal objective of this workshop was to contribute to a greater understanding of the requirements and major issues regarding S&T data archiving at the South African Data Archive and National Research Foundation. This included the identification of the roles and expertise needed for the preservation and archiving of S&T data, as well as the underlying conceptual, scientific, technical, management, and policy issues in archiving scientific dat
Project website
http://www.codata.org/archives/2002/ArchivingWGPretoriaRpt.pdf
Geographical coverage *
National implementation:
Status *
Completed
from 20/05/02
to
21/05/02
Partners
National Research Foundation (South Africa), South African National Committee for CODATA
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Access to information and knowledge
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Capacity building
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ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
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Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
None
Project type *
Conference
Publication
Connect the World Project *
The project is being considered as contributing to the objectives of the ITU Connect the World initiative?
No