[CODATA-international] Fwd: December 2018/January 2019 Edition | Big Data strategies to address Social Need | The World Bank Open Data Toolkit | Turning Data into Insights

[Simon Hodson, ED CODATA]

Please see below: the Disaster Risk Reduction and Open Data Newsletter which is produced by members of the CODATA Linked Open Data and Global Disaster Risk Research Task Group.

With very best wishes,

Simon.
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The Future of Science and Science of the Future: Vision and Strategy for the African Open Science Platform https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2222418 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2222418>

The European Commission Expert Group Report ‘Turning FAIR into Reality’ was published on 23 November: https://doi.org/10.2777/1524 <https://doi.org/10.2777/1524>

‘A milestone in the history of science’: proposed redefinition of the International System of Units based on the work of the  <http://www.codata.org/news/295/62/A-milestone-in-the-history-of-science-based-on-work-of-the-CODATA-the-Committee-on-Data-of-the-International-Science-Council>CODATA <http://www.codata.org/news/295/62/A-milestone-in-the-history-of-science-based-on-work-of-the-CODATA-the-Committee-on-Data-of-the-International-Science-Council>

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