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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">CODATA has released a call inviting proposals for Task Groups to be presented to the CODATA General Assembly on 11 September 2016 in Denver, Colorado.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The attached document provides detail of the required scope of such Task Groups as well as an indication of some priority areas. <b>Proposals should be sent to <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155cc">simon@codata.org</span></a> on the form included in that document no later than 11 July 2016.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The call is open to new Task Groups or to existing Task Groups to renew their activities. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Task Groups are an important means through which CODATA delivers on its mission and Strategic Plan. It is imperative that TaskGroups should have clearly defined outputs that contribute to one or more of the strategic priorities that are laid out in that plan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The three priority areas in the CODATA Strategy are as follows:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">1.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To promote Open Data principles, policies and practices;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">2.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To advance the frontiers of data science and its adaptation to scientific research;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">3.</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">To build capacity for improving skills and the functioning of science systems (particularly in low and middle income countries - LMICs)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The call suggests some high priority topics under each of these headings (see the call document for further details):</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Open data principles, policies and practices</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">developing good practice and recommendations around data principles and policies;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">examining the limits of openness;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">synthesizing and advancing work on the benefits of data sharing;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">exploring the theme of data diplomacy to consider what international agreements can promote the more open availability of data.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Frontiers of Data Science</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Reproducibility in research</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Statistical, epistemological and ethical challenges of Big Data</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Criteria for selection and preservation of research data</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Development of glossaries, data dictionaries or ontologies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Data integration and data strategies for international, transdisciplinary research programmes</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Capacity building, data skills and education</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">analyzing requirements for data education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">developing and refining the curriculum for ‘research data science’;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">examining and articulating the processes and standards for the creation of reusable online materials and the development of those materials;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:47.25pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">examining and addressing issues around access to research software, the maintenance and development of Open Source research software.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Task Group proposals addressing these or similar issues are particularly encouraged. This does not mean that Task Group proposalsaddressing areas not described below will be considered out of scope: we invite and encourage innovative ideas from theCODATA community.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">-- </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222">http://www.</span><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">codata</span><span style="color:#222222">.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#222222">asha@</span><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">codata</span><span style="color:#222222">.org</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>