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The announcement below, about a ‘Uniform Description System for Materials on the Nanoscale’ that has been developed by a CODATA-VAMAS Working Group may be of interest to subscribers to this mailing list. Information about the UDS and the Working Group is available at http://www.codata.org/nanomaterials Best wishes, Simon. ___________________________ CODATA: International Collaboration for Open Scientific Data, an information leaflet http://bit.ly/codata_info_14-09 Join us at SciDataCon 2014, the International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability: http://www.scidatacon2014.org/registration ___________________________ Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org E-Mail: [log in to unmask] | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99 Blog: http://www.codata.org/blog Diary: http://bit.ly/simonhodson99-calendar Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59 CODATA (ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE Begin forwarded message: > From: "John Rumble" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: CODATA-VAMAS Working Group Document: Draft of the Uniform Description System for Nanomaterials > Date: 22 September 2014 01:27:44 CEST > To: "John Rumble" <[log in to unmask]> > Cc: "Simon Hodson" <[log in to unmask]> > > Dear Colleague > > The CODATA-VAMAS Working Group on Nanomaterials has completed the first version of an Uniform Description System for Materials on the Nanoscale (UDS), as attached. This draft document is the result of two years effort, five international workshops, and many face-to-face and email discussions. Over 80 experts have participated in this work to date. > > With the release of the first draft of the UDS (also available on www.codata.org/nanomaterials), the Working Group is now moving to a new work phase, which will feature > > (1) improving the draft UDS, especially by expanding the sets of descriptors to include work done by other groups that has not yet been included; > > (2) working with nanoinformatics groups to ensure that the UDS is compatible with the data formats and ontologies used for various nanoinformatics resources; > > (3) collaborating with international unions to help them specialize the UDS to meet their needs; and > > (4) working with standards development organizations on utilizing the UDS as appropriate. > > Thank you for all your help. The UDS is not complete, and we look forward to continued partnership with you to move it forward. Comments and suggestions should be sent to us at [log in to unmask] > > John Rumble > Steve Freiman > Clayton Teague > Co-Chairs > CODATA-VAMAS Working Group on Nanomaterials > >