2025 WDS Members Forum: North & South America Regional Session

2025 WDS Members Forum North & South America Regional Session 18 November 17:00 UTC / 12:00 EST / 9:00 PST / 14:00 BRT / 13:00 VET DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17652118 Explore the Path to Proper Participation: Visit Our Etiquette Page! •Go to worlddatasystem.org/virtual-meeting-etiquette or scan the QR code •We welcome your questions in the Q&A section •Please note that this webinar will be recorded WDS Virtual Meeting Etiquette [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Agenda •Welcome & Action Plan overview and update •WDS SC Subcommittee on Standards and certifications – Update • DRIVR project results •Pre-forum survey - Reminder •Member lightning talks: •NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research by Doug Schuster •Ocean Networks Canada by Chantel Ridsdale •Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB) by Dr. Dennis Piehl •Data Stewardship Award •2025 Award Winners •Youhua Ran’s presentation •2026 Call Open •Discussion •Closing •Optional communication with WDS IPO and ITO offices [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org 2025-2027 WDS Action Plan Overview & Update WDS Mission …is to enhance the capabilities, impact, and sustainability of our member data repositories and data services by: •Creating trusted communities of scientific data repositories •Strengthening the scientific enterprise throughout the entire lifecycle of data and all related components creating first-class data that feeds first-class research output •Advocating for accessible data and transparent and reproducible science 2025-2027 Action Plan 1. Provide services and support to member repositories 2. Advance the value narratives of WDS members 3. Demonstrate global leadership in data governance 4. Advocate for quality, trustworthiness, equitability, and FAIRness of data and data repositories worldwide The World Data System Structure & Function 2018 - ITO created, based at Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria 2021 - IPO moved from Japan to the UTK / ORNL, United States Dr. David Castle | [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org WDS Subcommittee on Standards and Certifications Update Why Certification? •Builds Trust within the broader scientific ecosystem •Peer Review Assessment •Alignment with evolving standards •Demonstrates accountability •Commitment to continuous improvement •Mitigates risk perception [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Comparative Analysis of Certification Frameworks •Overlapping essential minimal requirements for trustworthiness: •Organizational Infrastructure •Digital Object Management •Information Technology and Security •Difference: number of metrics or quantifiable indicators [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Survey on Certification •Global Participation and Interest •Membership Status and Certification Hurdles •CoreTrustSeal Certification Status •CoreTrustSeal Certification Challenges •Alternative Certifications for WDS Membership [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Delphi Study - Brainstorming [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Delphi Study - Brainstorming Brainstorming provided 37 benefits as inputs to the narrowing phase: https://wds-ito.org/value-added-benefits-narrowing/ Aggregated Data Products Artificial Intelligence Data Provision Best Practice Networks Bias Mitigation Categorized and Labelled Data Citizen Science Community Driven Standards and Protocols Community Focused Services Cost-Effective Data Management Cybersecurity Data Curation Data Deposit Services Data Licensing and Legal Compliance Data Management of Major Research Infrastructure Data Quality Assurance Data Rescue Services Data Reuse Data Usage and Impact Analysis Evidence-based Decision Making Interdisciplinary Study Potential Long-term Active Data Preservation Multi-facet Data Discovery and Accessibility Near-Real Time Access Open Data Access Persistent Identifier Application Provenance and Versioning Provision of Education Resources Rare Dataset Access Researcher Collaboration Building Scientific Reproducibility and Robustness Sensitive Data Services Systems Interoperability Technical Quality Assurance Technological Responsiveness and Evolution Third Party Platform Integration Trustworthiness User Training and Support [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Delphi Study – Ranking & Results Displaying 19 of 37 benefits brainstormed Results to be provided in 2026 We invite you to reach out to us to develop your narratives that align with the higher ranked benefits Pre-Forum Survey - Reminder Sustainability and Emerging Technologies Please complete the survey by 1 December 2025 tiny.utk.edu/WDS_preforum_survey [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Member Lightning Talks [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Video: NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research Doug Schuster [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Ocean Networks Canada Chantel Ridsdale [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Ocean Networks Canada WDS Members Forum 2025 2025-11-18 Chantel Ridsdale What (and where) is ONC? Cast Dataset Citations Cast Dataset Accessibility Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System and ONC ONC plans for the near term Near-term plans ML-based error detection Discreet Water Samples water sample by Hermawan from <a href="https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/water-sample/" target="_blank" title="water sample Icons">Noun Project</a> (CC BY 3.0) Top challenges faces (and to be faced) Data Citation Requires Cultural Change Cast Data For more info: Chantel Ridsdale [email protected] Thank you! [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org WDS Data Stewardship Award 2025 Awardees 2019 WDS Data Stewardship Award Winner Libby Liggins (center) [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org 2025 WDS Data Stewardship Award Third Place Dr. Bhaleka Persaud Research Data Management Specialist, University of Waterloo, Canada [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Prof. Micheal Olaolu Arowolo Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, Xavier University of Louisiana, USA 2025 WDS Data Stewardship Award Second Place [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org 2025 WDS Data Stewardship Award First Place Dr. Youhua Ran Professor Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Watch his presentation on his impactful work that led to this award. [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org 2026 WDS Data Stewardship Award https://worlddatasystem.org/news-events/data-stewardship-awards/ Nominations Open! Discussion [email protected] | worlddatasystem.org Thank you! 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