2025 WDS Members Forum: Asia & Oceania Regional Session

2025 WDS Members Forum Asia/Oceania Regional Session 13 November 3:00 UTC/11:00 CST/12:00 JST/14:00 AEST DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17651473 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 •Delphi Study - Results •Pre-forum survey - Reminder •Member lightning talks: •The Australian Antarctic Data Centre by Dave Connell •Australian Ocean Data Network by Mark Rehbein •Chinese National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) by Qi XU et al. •IUGONET by Tanaka et al. •National Astronomical Data Center by Shanshan Li •World Data Center for Geophysics, Beijing by Xiukuan Zhao •World Data Center for Ionosphere and Space Weather (WDC-ISW) by Hidekatsu Jin •Data Stewardship Award •2025 Award Winners •Youhua Ran’s presentation •2026 Call Open •Discussion •Closing •Optional communication with WDS IPO and ITO offices 2025-2027 WDS Action Plan Overview & Update [email protected] worlddatasystem.org 1 2 3 4 Provide services and support to member repositories Advance the value narratives of WDS members Demonstrate global leadership in data governance Advocate for quality, trustworthiness, equitability, and FAIRness of data and data repositories worldwide WDS ACTION PLAN 2025-2027 1. Provide services and support to member repositories WDS consults with its members and responds to their evolving needs and issues, including certifications and standards, AI readiness, sustainability, and FAIR implementation. WDS Action Plan (2025-2027) 2. Advance the value narratives of WDS members WDS recognizes the critical role of data repositories in serving science and society. We help members tell their stories demonstrating their repositories’ value to their communities. [email protected] worlddatasystem.org WDS Action Plan (2025-2027) https://worlddatasystem.org/datastewardship-award-winner-highlight/ 3. Demonstrate global leadership in data governance. WDS provides a collaborative forum for its members to demonstrate leadership in defining and delivering good data governance. [email protected] worlddatasystem.org WDS Action Plan (2025-2027) 4. Advocate for quality, trustworthiness, equitability, and FAIRness of data and data repositories worldwide. WDS is the global voice for data repositories. Our activities are informed by principled approaches to responsible data practices. We address emerging and ongoing challenges in alignment with related international initiatives. [email protected] worlddatasystem.org WDS Action Plan (2025-2027) Recommendation 2: Broaden Candidate Membership Eligibility •Accessible to repositories that demonstrate measurable progress toward enhanced performance and adherence to trustworthiness principles •Reporting on regular self-assessments and alignment with best practices for continuous improvement •Not necessarily immediately seeking certification Objective: •To lower entry barriers while maintaining a commitment to rigorous standards Recommendation 3: Strengthen Funding Agency Engagement • WDS’s commitment to proactive engagement with research funding agencies •Funders must play a pivotal role in providing resources, infrastructure, and guidance that enable repositories to achieve and maintain certification How? •Develop support materials (e.g., fact sheets, letters detailing membership value, tailored presentations for funders) •Training for repository staff on communicating value narratives effectively •Support and disseminate initiatives for public acknowledgment of funders Recommendation 4: Shift Stakeholder Messaging •Highlight the greater value of data sharing •Catalyst for scientific collaboration, transparency, and societal progress •Data repositories are essential infrastructures for co-creation and impactful research outcomes How? •Develop evidence-based narratives supported by success stories •Craft audience-specific messaging strategies that position shared data as a critical asset for advancing science •Host workshops for data repositories on effective communication strategies that highlight value, impact, and trustworthiness Recommendation 5: Provide Certification Support •Practical guidance to Candidate members throughout the certification process •Advocate for cost-effective solutions for certification How? •Collaborate with repository certifying bodies to expand banded fee structures •Advocate for transparency in differentiated cohort application and renewal fees that account for reduced effort during recertification processes •Develop and offer training programs tailored to specific certification requirements, ensuring repositories are equipped with practical knowledge and resources Recommendation 6: Promote Funding Cohorts for LMICs •Advocate for funding agencies to take an active role in supporting trusted repositories, particularly in LMICs How? •Engage with funding agencies to establish cohort-based financial support programs specifically designed for LMIC repositories •Develop guidance documents outlining practical steps for accessing funding, including lists of potential funders and strategies tailored to LMIC contexts •Advocate for sustained infrastructure funding by documenting the long-term impact of successful cohorts on scientific collaboration and societal progress Conclusion •Expanding membership eligibility •Supporting candidate repositories • Strengthening funding agency engagement •Shifting stakeholder messaging •Providing certification support •Promoting targeted funding for LMICs Data Repository Investment Value & Relevance (DRIVR) project WDS Staff: Reyna Broadhurst, Emilie Altman WDS SC Members: Mamoru Ishii, Johnathan Kool, Yasuhiro Murayama, Hugh Shanahan, Juanle Wang Delphi Study A working group within the World Data System’s Scientific Committee is undertaking a study using the Delphi survey method to identify the most important value-added benefits that data repositories provide to the international research ecosystem. Participant attrition: 97, 53, and 31 respondents in phases Delphi Study - Brainstorming Delphi Study - Brainstorming The AADC - Stats •21 Staff in four teams – Information Services, Data Applications and Infrastructure, Mapping and GIS, Remote Sensing •3,300+ metadata records, 4,100+ datasets (170+TB) •7,900+ maps •~5,000 electronic records accessed, or requests for assistance made in 2024-2025 The AADC – The Last Two Years •CTS Recertification in 2024 •Significant Data Policy work (SCAR and the Arctic) •AADC Manager, Johnathan Kool was elected to the WDS Scientific Committee •Actively supported data collection activities in the Australian Antarctic Program (e.g. on the RSV Nuyina , or by expanding remote sensing data collection and capabilities) •Hosted Polar Data Forum VI The AADC – The Next Two Years •Complete the next AADC Five Year Plan •Redevelop MyScience – a project management tool incorporating DMPs to guide researchers through the data archival process •Expand our sources of mapping information •Complete a review of our GORC compliance •Continue to support SCADM/WDS/PDF VII •Support data collection in major scientific field expeditions (e.g. HIMI) Image - Simon Payne, October 2025 QUESTIONS? Australian Ocean Data Network WDS 2025 Member Report Mark Rehbein Director, Australian Ocean Data Network Integrated Marine Observing System [email protected] Recent Practices and Thoughts of Chinese National Space Science Data Center Qi XU, Ziming ZOU and Xiaoyan HU [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].cn Chinese National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) National Space Science Center, CAS 5 November 2025 Space Physics Space Astronomy Planetary Space Geoscience Space Engineering & Space Application Domains •To promote the effective governance, high quality and open sharing of space science data resource •To enhance the underlying value of research data •To develop an open and innovative data ecosystem •To facilitate the paradigm shift in space science research Vision Chinese National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)  3306 scientific datasets  37 domain databases Data volume exceeds 3.3PB Space Physics & Space Weather CMP Database Double Star Observation Database ASO-S Observation Database China-Brazil Joint Space Weather Observation Database Huairou Solar Observation Database SuperDARN China …… Planetary Chang’E−4 Observation Database Chang’E−5 Lunar Sample Database Tianwen−1 Observation Database …… Space Astronomy HXMT Observation Database DAMPE Gamma-ray Database GECAM Observation Database …… Space Engineering & Space Application iGMAS Database CFD Verification and Validation Database Space Radiation Effect Database …… Data resource NSSDC holds •16 students from six countries including Brazil, Peru, Thailand, Iran, China and Mongolia participated, from June to August in 2024 •The course theme was based on China’s space science data resources -Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE satellite). •It included 5 days of practical lecture training and 55 days of online analysis on the cloud computing platform, which supported students in completing the course study. Establish IMCP-led data standards to guide high-quality global space weather data development. Establish a collaborative data exchange framework to attract global space weather data. Establish a multi-sphere, multi-scale, multi-parameter space weather database cluster, 10 PB-class Establish intelligent data services and open research service capabilities A training course on data processing and analysis of space science satellites was held by NSSDC Responsible for the construction global data center of International Meridian Circle Project (IMCP) Released 13 space science AI-READY datasets (Table-1) 54 No AI-Ready Datasets Data Source Content 1Datasets of Small-scale Vortices on the Sun Hinode satellite SOT space telescope, Swedish 1m Solar Telescope SSTphotosphere, chromosphere image data 40,331 small-scale vortices and their characteristic information, 1,940 associated images 2Dataset of Solar Prominence The 30.4 nm chromosphere image data from the AIA payload of the SDO satellite from 2011 to 202 56,231 prominence events and their characteristic information, 578,312 related images 3 Datasets of Solar Active Regions Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) payload data of SDO satellite from 2014 to 2018Photospheric magnetic field images 12,960 solar active regions and their characteristic information, 3,454 related images 4Dataset of Solar Flare Events The 2023 full-disk Lα images of the SDI payload on the ASO-S satellite 1,990 solar flare events and their characteristic information, event-related images and videos 5 Dataset of geomagnetic ultra-low-frequency waves Secondly sampled geomagnetic numerical data of fluxgate magnetometers at five stations of the Meridian Project from 2015 to 2021 4 Categories of 63,767 Geomagnetic Ultra-Low Frequency Wave Events and Associated Geomagnetic Indices 6Datasets of Auroral Arc Far ultraviolet aurora image data from the DMSP F16-19 satellite's SUSSI payload for the years 2013-2016 and 2019 Over 2,000 auroral arc events of type 2, along with their associated images and characteristic information. 7Dataset of Aurora Substorm Events PPolar satellite UVI payloadUltraviolet auroral image data from 1996 to 2022 721 auroral substorm events, associated image sequences and their characteristic information Datasets of Solar Active Regions Dataset of geomagnetic ultralow-frequency waves Solar Prominence Dataset Small-scale Vortices on the Sun datasets NO AI-Ready Datasets Data source Content 8Datasets of Plasma Bubble The 20122017 630nm airglow observation image data of the all-sky airglow imagers at Fuke Station and Qujing Station of the Meridian Project 10,033 plasma bubble events, associated images and their characteristic information 9Dataset of Atmospheric Gravity Waves Linqiu Station OH Band Airglow Observation Image Data from 2011 to 2021 7,200 gravitational wave events, associated images and their characteristic information 10 Datasets of Extended F-layer standard Data of ionospheric sounding height-frequency graphs from 2002 to 2016 at the Hainan Station of the Meridian Project 517,331 extended F events, associated images and their classification information 11 Datasets of Mars dust storm MGS mission MOC camera, MRO mission MARCI camera, Tianwen-1Remote sensing image data of Mars for 8 Martian years (MY24-32) 4,900 Martian dust storms, associated images and their characteristic information 12 Dataset of Jupiter's Magnetic Reconnection Events Magnetic field observation data from the FGM instrument of the JUNO satellite2016 - 2019 Over 200 magnetic reconnection events, associated magnetic field detection data and their characteristic information 13 Dataset of spatial burst event sources The light curves and energy spectra data of GECAM-B, GECAM-C and Fermi satellites Six types of spatial burst events, including 20 new celestial sources. Datasets of Plasma Bubble Datasets of Jupiter magnetic reconnection event Datasets of Mars dust storm Released 13 space science AI-READY datasets (Table-2) Released a new generation of intelligent data retrieval platform, supporting various search methods such as natural language search and data sample search. Natural language Event tag Next generation of VSSO Combined queries Data samples Screenshot of the test version Mars surface Continue to build the next-generation open research platform based on intelligent data retrieval platforms, AI-Ready datasets and AI data application tools Contribution to the communityResearch Directions Participated in WDS China Group and contribute to promoting open science in China and the data sharing of WDS. WDS China Group Thanks for your attention! Portal：https://www.nssdc.ac.cn E-mail：[email protected] Chinese National Space Science Data Center IUGONET Yoshimasa Tanaka, Shuji Abe, Atsuki Shinbori, Shun Imajo, Satoru UeNo,Masahito Nosé, and IUGONET project team Data analysis workshops 7 WDS Members Forum 2025 JpGU 2025 super lesson Date：May 29, 2025 Place：Online IUGONET data analysis workshop Date：September 19, 2025 Place：Hybrid（@The University of Electro-Communications & Zoom）. EISCAT radar school 2024 Date：August 12-16, 2024 Place：Kilpisjärvi Biological Station in Finland IUGONET data analysis workshop Date：September 20, 2024 Place：Hybrid（@Kyushu Institute of Technology & Zoom）. https://www.arrc.nipr.ac.jp/index.php/2024/08/27/ international-eiscat-radar-school-2024-2/ 2024 2025 We hold data analysis workshops about twice a year using our tools. Summary •IUGONET became a World Data System (WDS) network member in December, 2024. •IUGONET institutions have newly published some upper atmospheric data. Over 1,200 datasets have been registered in our metadata database so far. •We have developed a plugin for python-based data analysis tool (PySPEDAS). Routines for handling over 20 types of upper atmosphere data are available on GitHub. •We hold data analysis workshops about twice a year, contributing to the education of young researchers in the STP field. 8WDS Members Forum 2025 Future plans •Prompt release of numerical data and visualizations for upper atmosphere data •Update metadata to the latest version (SPASE 2.7) •Incorporate developed plugin into the integrated analysis tool (PySPEDAS) •Register DOIs for datasets using metadata registered in our metadata database 9WDS Members Forum 2025 Video: China's National Astronomical Data Center Shanshan Li, Linying Mi Video: World Data Center for Geophysics, Beijing Beijing Video: World Data Center for Ionosphere and Space Weather National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan WDS Data Stewardship Award 2025 Awardees 2019 WDS Data Stewardship Award Winner Libby Liggins (center) 2025 WDS Data Stewardship Award Third Place Dr. Bhaleka Persaud Research Data Management Specialist, University of Waterloo, Canada Join the WDS Community! 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