This conference is the first international meeting of the WDS. It will provide an opportunity to receive opinions, comments and suggestions from scientific communities (data users) and other international data systems to establish the active plan of WDS.
Conference consists of two parts; "WDS-Related Sessions" including sessions to discuss general concepts and strategy to run WDS, and "Scientific Sessions" are allocated for presentations by data-oriented scientists in a variety of research field, including information sciences. Presentations of activities of WDS data centers are also welcomed.