The first ICSU WDS Conference - Global Data for Global Science – was successfully held at Kyoto University in September 2011, under collaboration with CODATA and the Integrated Risk and Disaster Research (IRDR) of ICSU. It was the first international meeting in order to construct a smooth human network with advanced interconnections between data-management components for disciplinary and multidisciplinary applications in global scale.

The WDS policy of open and full access to data will benefit the international scientific community and ultimately society at large. The concepts of data publication and data citation should be adopted and promoted by the WDS in order to facilitate the release of data, with proper recognition of providers, including the polar community. The WDS would take the necessary steps to archive the IPY data and work with the PIC to preserve, curate, and add value to data in the PIC cloud in order to preserve the legacy of data of the IPY (WDS-SC, 2009).

Introduction Lecture for "Metadata Portal Server" was held

Date: July 28, 2011; 1500-1600 JST
Place: Seminor Room of NIPR (3F of main building)
Detail: (Japanese)
http://www.nipr.ac.jp/info/notice/20110705.html

Please look at the Japanese page.

The 'Polar Information Commons; PIC' page was opened.

URL; http://scidbase.nipr.ac.jp/modules/site/index.php?content_id=15

Polar Information Commons (PIC):
Establishing the Framework for the Long-term Stewardship of Polar Data and Information

http://www.polarcommons.org/

The polar regions are changing rapidly with dramatic global effect. Wise use of resources, astute management of our environment, improved decision support, and effective international cooperation on natural resource and geopolitical issues require a deeper understanding of, and an ability to predict change and its impact. Understanding and knowledge are built on data and information, yet polar information is scattered and scarce as well as temporally and spatially sporadic.

We are inspired by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 that established the Antarctic as a global commons to generate greater scientific understanding. Correspondingly, we assert that data and information about the polar regions are themselves "public goods" that should be shared ethically and with minimal constraint.

We envision a Polar Information Commons (PIC) as a shared virtual resource mirroring the geographic commons. The PIC would serve as an open, virtual repository for vital scientific data and information, and would provide a shared, community-based cyber-infrastructure fostering innovation, improved scientific understanding, and encourage participation in research, education, planning, and management in the polar regions.

The PIC builds on the legacy of the International Polar Year and we seek active participation and ideas from national governments, international organizations, and the scientific and data management communities at large to build this common resource.

Announcement for replacement of the Metadata Portal in Polar Science:

The new portal server was officially started from June 29. You can make registration of the metadata for any kinds of polar sciences in both the Arctic / Antarctic region.

URL; http://scidbase.nipr.ac.jp/