WDS imamanga pa cholowa chazaka 60 cha WDC ndi FAGS chokhazikitsidwa mu 1957 ndi International Council for Science (ICSU), yathu. bungwe lotsogolera, kuyang'anira deta yopangidwa ndi International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). Zinadziwika bwino pambuyo pa International Polar Year (2007-2008) kuti mabungwewa sanathe kuyankha mokwanira pazosowa zamakono zamakono, ndipo adachotsedwa ndi 29th ICSU General Assembly mu 2008 ndipo m'malo mwake adasinthidwa ndi World Data System mu 2009.
Cholinga chake ndikuthandizira kafukufuku wasayansi pogwirizanitsa ndi kuthandizira ntchito zodalirika za data za sayansi kuti apereke, kugwiritsa ntchito, ndi kusunga deta yoyenera, ndikulimbitsa maulalo awo ndi gulu la kafukufuku. Zimamanga pazomwe zimaperekedwa ndi kulumikizana kwapamwamba pakati pa zigawo zoyang'anira deta kuti zikhazikitse machitidwe olangidwa ndi machitidwe osiyanasiyana kuti apindule ndi gulu la sayansi yapadziko lonse ndi ena okhudzidwa.
WDS ikupanga 'madera ochita bwino' padziko lonse lapansi popereka ziphaso za data zasayansi - Mamembala a WDS - pogwiritsa ntchito miyezo yodziwika padziko lonse lapansi kudzera mu CoreTrustSeal. Pofika pa 20 June 2019, WDS ili ndi Mabungwe 117 Amembala, kuphatikizapo 76 Mamembala Okhazikika, 11 Network Members, 11 Partner Members ndi 19 Associate Members, pamene mapulogalamu ena ambiri akupitiriza kufufuzidwa ndi WDS Scientific Committee. WDS imagwira ntchito ndi othandizana nawo angapo, monga ma Research Data Alliance (RDA) ndi Komiti ya Data (CODATA).
Pamodzi ndi Oak Ridge Institute ndi University of Victoria, Canada, International Science Council ndi othandizira nawo a WDS. Pali mamembala atatu omwe anali paudindo mu WDS Science Science, m'modzi mwa othandizira anzawo, komanso woimira Secretariat ya ISC nthawi zambiri amatenga udindo wa ISC. Mtsogoleri wamkulu ndiye woimira ISC yemwe anali paudindo wakale. WDS imayendetsedwa ndi Komiti Yake Yasayansi (WDS-SC), yomwe imasankhidwa ndi Executive Board ya ISC. WDS-SC ili ndi udindo wopanga ndi kuyika patsogolo mapulani a WDS ndikuwongolera kukhazikitsidwa kwawo
ISC imathandizira pachitukuko ndikuvomereza malingaliro ndi mapulani antchito, komanso bajeti yogwirizana nayo. ISC imakhazikitsanso ndikusankha makomiti otsogolera / alangizi apadziko lonse lapansi, ndi kuthekera kwa mamembala a ISC kuti apereke mayina monga gawo la ndondomekoyi. ISC imayang'aniranso kuwunika kwa WDS, kufotokozera zowunikira, kusankha mamembala a gulu lowunika, kupereka ndalama kwa oimira ISC.
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