<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><img class="gmail-alignright" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DDI-tagline1-1.jpg" width="475" height="380" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto; float: right; display: inline;"><a href="https://codata.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, the Committee on <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data</span> of the </span><a href="https://council.science/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">International Science Council</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, and the </span><a href="https://ddialliance.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Alliance</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> have established a partnership for ongoing collaboration.  In a recent letter of intent, the organisations outlined in the areas of shared interest and arrangements for mutual membership.  </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Furthermore, to strengthen cooperation, Steve McEachern, Chair of the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Executive</span> Board, will be the DDI Alliance delegate to CODATA, while </span><a href="https://codata.org/about-codata/secretariat/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Simon Hodson, Executive Director of CODATA</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, is </span><a href="https://ddialliance.org/announcement/ddi-scientific-board-candidates-election" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">a candidate for the Scientific Board of the DDI Alliance</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">.<a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DDI-tagline1-1.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DDI-tagline1-1.jpg</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Two developments make this collaboration opportune and appropriate.  On the one hand, CODATA has been mandated by the International <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Science</span> Council, as part of the latter’s </span><a href="https://council.science/making-data-work-for-grand-challenges/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Action Plan 2019-2021</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, to develop and implement </span><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/decadal-programme/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">a global, decadal programme entitled ‘Making Data Work for Cross-Domain Grand Challenges’</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">. The objectives of the programme are multiple, but first among these is to assist cross-domain <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> and policy monitoring by facilitating the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">interoperability</span>, combination and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">integration</span> of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> from many different sources. The mechanisms being explored to assist this are also multiple and include: developing conceptual and semantic alignment between key <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">metadata</span> specifications, developing semantic tools to assist <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">interoperability</span>, developing methodologies and processes to assist harmonisation and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> ‘cleaning’, and exploring the contribution that machine learning can make to some of these processes.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">On the other hand, </span><a href="https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/pages/860815393/DDI+Cross+Domain+Integration+DDI-CDI+Review" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">DDI – Cross Domain Integration (DDI-CDI)</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> is a potentially significant development which includes definitions for core concepts, applicable across a range of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> areas, and which will therefore greatly increase <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">interoperability</span> between <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> sets.  Taken alongside developments such as DCAT, <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Schema</span>.org, initiatives to standardise <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">representation</span> of experiments, observations and measurements, and the improved management of ontologies, DDI-CDI can make a positive contribution across domains and the collaboration between the DDI Alliance and CODATA is very timely.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">In the recent past, the DDI Alliance and CODATA have engaged in a number of activities together:</span></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 23px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;list-style-position:initial;line-height:26px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Jointly organized two “cross-domain” workshops on <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">metadata</span> standards, hosted at Schloss Dagstuhl in Wadern, Germany (</span><a href="https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/pages/433553433/2018+Interoperability+of+Metadata+Standards+in+Cross-Domain+Science+Health+and+Social+Science+Applications" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">2018</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, </span><a href="https://ddi-alliance.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DDI4/pages/684195863/2019+Workshop+on+Interoperability+of+Metadata+Standards+in+Cross-Domain+Science+Health+and+Social+Science+Applications+II" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">2019</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">).</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA has supported the DDI-CDI public review, </span><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/decadal-programme/ddi-cross-domain-integration-review-webinar-series/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">helping to promote and conduct a series of webinars since May 2020</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> with an attendance of over 400 people across a wide range of domains. (Given the need for <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">input</span> to the specification from other domains, CODATA’s connections were invaluable in identifying the right group of participants.)</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA is leading </span><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/decadal-programme/ddi-cross-domain-integration-review-webinar-series/applying-ddi-cdi-to-the-eosc/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">an EOSC project to produce a report on the application of DDI-CDI within the EOSC environment</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">, working with members of the DDI Modelling, testing and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Representation</span> (MRT) working group.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Engaged in supporting projects which are implementing DDI, as part of the Decadal Programme (“Making <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data</span> Work for Cross-Domain Grand Challenges”). Notably, the INSPIRE Network development in east Africa is serving both as a test case for using DDI Codebook and DDI-CDI as part of their implementation, and acting as one of the initial use cases for the Decadal Programme on the subject of infectious disease. </span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Discussed collaboration between the DDI Training Committee and various training programs on the topic of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research data management</span> which CODATA participates in, including the RDA-CODATA School of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Research Data</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Science</span> and work with FAIRsFAIR and GO FAIR around their competence centers in this area. A DDI introductory training workshop (51 participants) was conducted as part of the </span><a href="https://codata.org/events/conferences/international-fair-convergence-symposium-convened-by-codata-and-go-fair-22-23-october-2020-paris-france/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">International FAIR Convergence Symposium</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"> in December 2020 as a first step in this collaboration.</span></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">DDI in general and DDI-CDI in particular featured in a number of other sessions at the FAIR Convergence Symposium including a high level panel setting the key technical themes for the week (over 200 participants), a session on combining infectious disease <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span>, including the INSPIRE Network above (over 30 participants) and a session on FAIR <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">provenance</span> (over 60 participants).</span></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">ABOUT THE DDI ALLIANCE</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">The DDI Alliance shares a commitment to meet worldwide demand for publicly available standards and semantic products that support the documentation and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">integration</span> of social <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> and other <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> necessary for understanding the human condition. The DDI Alliance is an international collaboration dedicated to establishing <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">metadata</span> standards and semantic products for describing social <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span>, <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> measuring human activity, and other <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> derived from observational methods. The DDI Alliance is composed of its Member and Associate Member Organizations and is governed by an <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Executive</span> Board, a Scientific Board, and a Technical Committee. In addition, there are working groups that focus on developing specific areas of DDI.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">ABOUT CODATA</b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">CODATA’s mission is to connect <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> and people to advance <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> and improve our world. CODATA is an international non-profit organization mobilizing a global expert community. As the Committee on <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Data</span> of the International <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Science</span> Council (ISC), CODATA supports the ISC mission of advancing <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> as a global public good by promoting the availability and usability of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> for all fields of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span>. CODATA works to advance the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">interoperability</span> and the usability of such <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span>: <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research data</span> should be FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). CODATA promotes the principle that <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> produced by <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> and of potential value for <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> should be as open as possible and only as closed as necessary. CODATA pursues its mission through strategic activities to build consensus and implement good practice, and through advancing <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> policies, <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">data</span> education.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Thanks,</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent">Asha</span></p><div><br></div>-- <div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div><b>Open Science for a Global Transformation:</b> <a href="https://codata.org/open-science-for-a-global-transformation-call-for-papers-for-a-special-collection-in-data-science-journal/" target="_blank">Call for Papers for a Special Collection in Data Science Journal in relation to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Data for Resilient Cities Podcast Series: </b><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/codata-connect/cag-cept-and-codata-podcast-series-on-data-for-resilient-cities/" target="_blank">CAG-CEPT and CODATA Podcast Series</a> | <a href="https://crdf.org.in/podcast/data-for-resilient-cities" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> | <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dataforresilientcities" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a></div><div><br></div><a href="https://codata.org/november-2020-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank"><b>November 2020 publications</b></a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/codata-international_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">join the CODATA International News list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Looking for training and career opportunities in data science and data stewardship?  <a href="http://lists.codata.org/mailman/listinfo/data_science_training_lists.codata.org" target="_blank">Sign up to the CODATA early career community-run data science training and careers list</a></div><div><br></div><div>Follow us on social media! <a href="https://twitter.com/CODATANews" target="_blank">Twitter</a> - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/codata.org/" target="_blank">Facebook</a> - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-hodson-b3711a11/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/codatainternational/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">___________________________<br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Asha Law | Program Assistant, CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.codata.org</a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:asha@codata.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">asha@codata.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96</div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>