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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mustapha Mokrane<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 11, 2017 3:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> codata-international@lists.codata.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CODATA-international] CoreTrustSeal Certification Launched<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>(apologies in advance for multiple postings)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Please read below an announcement related to data repositories certification. Do not hesitate to circulate widely.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Very best wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Mustapha Mokrane<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><img width=199 height=82 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/icsu-wds.org/images/logo.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mustapha Mokrane</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, PhD. | Executive Director</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>World Data System-International Programme Office</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>c/o NICT Europe Centre, 28 rue de Berri, 75008 Paris, France</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mob: <a href="tel:+33%206%2012%2001%2029%2012" target="_blank">+33 6 1201 2912</a> ORCID ID: </span><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>0000-0002-0925-7983</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><a href="mailto:mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>mustapha.mokrane@icsu-wds.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> | </span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><a href="http://www.icsu-wds.org/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>www.icsu-wds.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>CoreTrustSeal Certification Launched</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Tokyo, Japan and The Hague, Netherlands – 11 September 2017</span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The ICSU World Data System (ICSU-WDS) and the Data Seal of Approval (DSA) are pleased to announce the launch of a new certification organization: <a href="https://www.coretrustseal.org/" target="_blank">CoreTrustSeal</a>.</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The CoreTrustSeal Board offers all interested data repositories a core-level certification based on the <a href="https://www.coretrustseal.org/requirements/" target="_blank">DSA–WDS Core Trustworthy Data Repositories Requirements</a> catalogue and procedures. CoreTrustSeal Data Repository certification replaces the DSA certification and the WDS certification of Regular Members.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The CoreTrustSeal is a community-based nonprofit organization promoting sustainable and trustworthy data infrastructures. It is governed by a Standards and Certification Board consisting of members drawn from the Assembly of Reviewers (by election) and the wider repositories stakeholders (appointed).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>‘We are driven by our commitments to offer professional certification tools and services to data repositories and to support our voluntary qualified reviewers to conduct audits under optimal conditions’ said Mustapha Mokrane, Chair of the ad hoc CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board. CoreTrustSeal is developing a sustainable business model and as an initial step, will start charging a modest fee to cover administrative costs as of January 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>The CoreTrustSeal certification is envisioned as the initial level in a global framework for repository certification that also includes the extended and formal levels. Ultimately, the CoreTrustSeal will endeavour to provide core-level certification for other research entities such as data services and software.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><a href="https://www.coretrustseal.org/about/" target="_blank">For more information check out the CoreTrustSeal website.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><img border=0 width=124 height=124 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.coretrustseal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-cropped-CoreTrustSeal-logo-150px.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>