Please note that, as of the end of 2008 following the ICSU General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, the Panel on World Data Centers no longer exists and that the World Data Centers will be incorporated into the new ICSU World Data System (WDS) in 2009. A similar procedure will involve members of the Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical data-analysis Services (FAGS) grouping of ICSU. In addition, it is envisaged that additional (i.e. non-FAGS and non-WDC) organizations will be encouraged to join the new WDS. When the WDS has its own web site, this WDC web site will be discontinued. At the time of writing, a Transition Team composed of former WDC Panel and FAGS Council members is discussing how best to organize the transition arrangements to the new WDS without interruptions in the services provided by existing organizations.

WDC Panel Reports

This area provides access to WDC Panel Meeting Reports, WDC Annual Reports, and special reports. Report formats are generally in MS Word© (.doc) or Adobe© PDF. Adobe provides a free PDF Reader for viewing .pdf files.

WDC Panel Meeting | WDC Constitution | Special Reports

WDC Panel Meetings

WDC Panel Reports (all reports are in pdf)
• Birmingham, England July 1999 Agenda | Meeting Summary
• Asheville, NC November 2000 Agenda | Meeting Summary
• Boulder, CO March 2002 Agenda | Meeting Summary
• Montreal, Canada October 2002 Agenda | Meeting Summary
• Bremen, Germany February 2005 Agenda | Meeting Summary

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WDC Constitution

• WDC Constitution (Revised February 2005, pdf)

WDC Special Reports

• Towards a New World Data Center System: Meeting Global Needs, Report of the WDC Modernization Task Team, December 2003 (pdf)

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URL: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/wdc/reports.shtml