of the ICSU in its 29th Session in 2008.
WDS builds on the 50-year legacy of the ICSU World Data
Centre (WDC) system. WDS promotes disciplinary and multidisciplinary
applications with a broader disciplinary and geographic base build on the potential
offered by advanced
interconnections
between data management components. At
the moment, includes
49 Member organizations.
baseline information for
research in many
disciplines.
