Scientific Access to Data and Information
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 *
Scientific Access to Data and Information
Description *
This website describes the activities of the joint CODATA/ICSU ad hoc group on scientific access to data and information. ICSU and CODATA became actively concerned about data access issues in 1996, at the time when the World Intellectual Property Organization began to consider legislation to protect databases. The situation in regard to new database protection has evolved since 1996. The World Intellectual Property Organization continues to envisage an eventual database treaty but does not have an active proposal at the moment. The European Union's (EU) Database Directive came into force on 1 January, 1998. In the United States, database legislation continues to be discussed in Congress.
Project website
http://www.codata.org/resources/databases/data_access/index.html
Geographical coverage *
International implementation
Status *
Completed
from
Partners
International Council for Science (ICSU)
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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Access to information and knowledge
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Enabling environment
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
None
Project type *
Website
Connect the World Project *
The project is being considered as contributing to the objectives of the ITU Connect the World initiative?
No