The World Data System: Supporting Researchers & Students Connect with Data Repositories

The World Data System (WDS) is a member organization for scientific data repositories worldwide and an affiliated body of the International Science Council. The WDS’s International Program Office provides executive functions to the WDS Scientific Committee to enhance the capabilities, impact, and sustainability of WDS member data repositories. This is accomplished by enabling trusted communities, strengthening the scientific enterprise, and advocating for accessible data and transparent, reproducible science. The IPO's work supports the widespread storage of high-quality scientific data in secure, accessible repositories, providing trusted data for AI-enabled science. Although the WDS’s members are data repositories, the stakeholders of these entities include researchers, students, policymakers, and, of course, funders.