Conference Report: Research Data Alliance (RDA) 4th Plenary Meeting

Use the link to access the full text article from D-Lib Magazine.  "The Research Data Alliance's (RDA) 4th Plenary Meeting was held 22-24 September 2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Funded by the European Commission, the United States National Science Foundation and the Australian National Data Service, and launched in March 2013, RDA's membership has increased in size to more than 2,300 members in 96 countries in less than two years. With a mission to build the social, organizational and technical infrastructure needed to reduce barriers to data sharing and accelerate data driven innovation worldwide, RDA is demonstrating success through its rapid growth and the release of its first outputs by four of its Working Groups during the Meeting. More than 550 individuals attended the meeting representing numerous disciplines and areas of interest, including data management, astronomy, education, health sciences and geology. This report highlights accomplishments announced by working group members during the event, ongoing initiatives of the RDA and opportunities identified for further advancing the mission of the RDA in the near future."