[okfn-discuss] Open data in China?

[Jonathan Gray]

Just saw that Liu Chuang has received the CODATA prize for her work on
open access to scientific data in China. It made me wonder anyone
might know of any relevant datasets or repositories in China that we
could list on CKAN?

  http://ckan.net/

Jonathan

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From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:17 PM
Subject: [openaccess] Liu Chuang receives CODATA Prize
To: Open Access and Information for Development <openaccess at dgroups.org>


Friends:

China is moving forward with open access for data. When will India and
other developing countries?

Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]


Liu Chuang receives CODATA Prize
See this recent announcement from CODATA, the Committee on Data for
Science and Technology:

Dr. LIU Chuang, from the Institute of Geography and Natural Resources
in Beijing, was the 2008 recipient of the CODATA Prize. ...

Thanks to her belief and commitment that China should encourage open
access as the national strategy in managing scientific data, this
approach was accepted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of
China (MOST) for the Mid-Long Term Plan of Science and Technology of
China. She was also recognized for her dedication to improved data
access and capacity building for the developing world as a whole, not
only as co-chair of the CODATA Task Group on Preservation and Access
to Scientific and Technological Data in Developing Countries, but also
as the leader in development of the Global Alliance for Enhancing
Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries
of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID).
...

Posted by Gavin Baker at 12/06/2008 10:43:00 PM.

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Dr. LIU Chuang, 2008 CODATA Prize Recipient

Dr. LIU Chuang, from the Institute of Geography and Natural Resources
in Beijing , was the 2008 recipient of the CODATA Prize. For more than
two decades, she has contributed to the development of significant new
scientific data products and services and worked with the Chinese
scientific community and key government institutions to improve data
quality and availability. She received the award for her outstanding
achievement on the world stage in scientific data research, policy and
management issues while simultaneously nurturing international
cooperation and highlighting the many challenges facing data
scientists in developing countries.

Thanks to her belief and commitment that China should encourage open
access as the national strategy in managing scientific data, this
approach was accepted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of
China (MOST) for the Mid-Long Term Plan of Science and Technology of
China. She was also recognized for her dedication to improved data
access and capacity building for the developing world as a whole, not
only as co-chair of the CODATA Task Group on Preservation and Access
to Scientific and Technological Data in Developing Countries, but also
as the leader in development of the Global Alliance for Enhancing
Access to and Application of Scientific Data in Developing Countries
of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID).

The CODATA Prize also honors her significant achievements in
developing new data on land use and land cover change in China, as
well as her efforts to build capacity in remote sensing and other
types of spatial data management. Her efforts on behalf of the
development of the World Data Centers in China and as user co-chair of
the Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) of the
Committee on Earth Observing Systems (CEOS) also deserve mention.

CODATA congratulates her achievements!