From: "Clifford Lynch" <CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org>
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Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:09:00 -0400
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Subject: DataWeb Forum for Scientific Data Exchange and Interoperability
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Chris Greer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and 
Alan Blatecky of the National Science Foundation have prepared a 
concept paper outlining their thinking about what they call the 
DataWeb Forum, an organization to facilitate the exchange and 
interoperation of scientific data across disciplines and national 
boundaries. These ideas have been under development for some time, 
but Chris and Alan believe that it's now time to give the broad 
global community an opportunity to join in the discussion.  For 
convenience, I have placed a copy of their concept paper here

http://www.cni.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DataWebForum_Concept_Paper.pdf

Chris and Alan would welcome comments and expressons of interest. 
They have included their email addresses at the end of the document.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI