[CODATA-international] About the CODATA International List Re: Crowdsourcing a collection of papers with Sustainable Development Goals

Simon Hodson, ED CODATA simon at codata.org
Fri Aug 21 04:46:19 EDT 2020


To subscribers to the CODATA International list, greetings;
 
The message below from Anita Dewaard has caused a number of people to write to me to express concerns and request clarification about the relationship of CODATA to the initiative described.
 
I would like to take this opportunity, therefore, to clarify the nature of the CODATA International list and remind readers that the appearance of a third party post on this list does not necessary imply endorsement by CODATA.
 
The CODATA International list has over 3000 subscribers from around the world.  It serves three functions:

1) For CODATA to announce its activities, events, outputs to that community (e.g. recent announcements of the FAIR Convergence Symposium <https://codata.org/call-for-sessions-posters-and-lightning-talks-international-fair-convergence-symposium-2020-deadline-20-july-2020/>, the CODATA Connect webinar series <https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/codata-connect/>, our collaboration with DDI-CDI <https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/decadal-programme/ddi-cross-domain-integration-review-webinar-series/> and so on).
2) For third parties to do the same (a number of organisations and projects use the list regularly for this, including DDI, the GEO, geospatial and AGU communities and so on).
3) For discussion threads of particular issues (for example the discussion that led to the UNESCO submission <https://codata.org/open-science-for-a-global-transformation-codata-coordinated-submission-to-the-unesco-open-science-consultation/> or recent discussions of data feudalism).

The message from Anita is an instance of function 2.

The CODATA International list is moderated.  However, that simply means that someone from the CODATA Secretariat (generally Asha or myself) checks the post to filter out spam before allowing it through the system.  This is a light touch process that we use to eliminate obvious spam and some bad practice (e.g. kind but unnecessarily repeated messages to thank the original poster, misdirected requests to be removed from the list, and some obviously irrelevant posts…).  We do not filter more heavily than that and I would not be in favour of blocking posts from certain organisations whatever their reputation among some of our community.
 
We encourage discussion and the sharing of views on this list.  We encourage organisations and projects other than CODATA to use the list to reach this community and to publicise their activities where relevant and of interest.  It is important to reiterate, however, that the appearance of the third party post on this list does not necessary imply endorsement by CODATA.
 
With very best wishes,
 
Simon.
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> On 19 Aug 2020, at 19:36, Dewaard, Anita (ELS-HBE) <A.dewaard at elsevier.com> wrote:
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> Five years ago, the UN General Assembly set forth 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) designed to pave the path to a more sustainable future. The goals are measured against various targets and indicators to be achieved by 2030. To make the best decision on which research to fund, program evaluators must have a clear view of the landscape of research supporting the SDGs. This understanding can reveal gaps requiring additional funding and support.
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> To identify the relevant research for each SDG, the RELX Corporate Responsibility program and several Elsevier Data Scientists have developed a crowdsourcing platform to facilitate matching research publications to the relevant SDGs. The purpose of this work is to create an open knowledge base to help identify which research supports which SDG. The aggregated crowdsourced set of article identifiers matched to SDG’s will be made available through Elsevier’s ICSR Lab, to support the scholarly community.
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> We hereby invite all community members to support this effort, by doing the following:
> Access the SDG matching tool on the RELX SDG Resource Centre: https://sdgresources.relx.com/match-research-to-sdgs <https://sdgresources.relx.com/match-research-to-sdgs>
> Select a paper from the list, or upload a paper you think is related to one of the SDG’s
> Choose the SDG indicators related to the paper.
> The full set of article identifiers related to SDG’s will be made available for research purposes through the ICSR. You can apply for access to ICSR Lab:https://www.elsevier.com/icsr/icsrlab <https://www.elsevier.com/icsr/icsrlab>
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> For more on the RELX SDG Resource Center, see: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/7-ways-you-can-use-our-sdg-resource-centre <https://www.elsevier.com/connect/7-ways-you-can-use-our-sdg-resource-centre>
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> For more information on the RELX SDG efforts, please contact Bamini Jayabalasingham, b.jayabalasingham at elsevier.com <mailto:b.jayabalasingham at elsevier.com>
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> With kind regards, 
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> Anita
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