U.S. National Committee for the Committee on Data for Science and Technology

科学的全球化与信息和数据处理技术的速度和复杂程度的迅速发展以及它们用于科学目的的迅速发展同时发生。这些领域的发展使大规模科学项目的规划和执行成为可能。这样的程序，反过来，往往需要复杂的数据处理和处理技术。鉴于许多大型科学计划的多边性质，科学数据的处理、处理和传输本身已成为一项重要的国际事业，对这些科学计划至关重要。科学和技术数据委员会（CODATA）是一个隶属于国际科学联合会理事会（ICSU）的非政府多边机构。CODATA的主要目标是促进有关科学数据问题的全球交流。同国际社联大家庭的其他成员一样，协研组由非政府国家成员组织组成。美国国家科学院（NAS）在美国履行这一职能。该合同将为NAS继续管理美国参与CODATA提供部分支持，包括部分支付CODATA会费和部分支持美国全国委员会的活动。其他几个联邦机构也在寻求额外的支持：能源部、NASA、NIH和NIST。＊＊＊

Abstract INT-9407874 The globalization of science is occurring in parallel with a rapid expansion in the speed and sophistication of information and data handling technologies, and in their uses for scientific purposes. Developments in these areas permit the planning and execution of large scale scientific programs. Such programs, in turn, frequently require sophisticated data handling and processing techniques. In view of the multilateral character of many large scale scientific programs, the handling, processing, and transmission of scientific data has become a major international enterprise in its own right, one that is vital to those scientific programs. The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) is a non-governmental, multilateral body affiliated with the International council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). The principal objective of CODATA is to facilitate worldwide communication on problems relevant to scientific data. Like other members of the ICSU family, CODATA is comprised of non-governmental National Member Organizations. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) fulfills that function in the United States. This award will provide partial support to the NAS to continue to manage U.S. participation in CODATA, including partial payment of dues to CODATA and partial support of the activities of the U.S. National Committee. Additional support is also being sought from several other federal agencies: DoE, NASA, NIH, and NIST. ***