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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>CODATA, the Committee on Data for Science and
Technology (<a href="http://www.codata.org/" title="http://www.codata.org/">http://www.codata.org</a>)
is organizing an afternoon meeting on the 12<sup>th</sup> of April, 2006, under
the aegis of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, on <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>&quot;Enabling Open Access to Scientific Data and
Information within the</span></i> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Modern
Knowledge Economy; the case for a Scientific Commons&#8221;.</span></i></b>&nbsp;
The draft Agenda and background documents can be found on </span></font><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'><a href="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/index.html"
title="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/index.html"><span
title="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/index.html"><span
title="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/index.html">http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/index.html</span></span></a></span></font><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'>If you are interesting in attending we would encourage
you to submit the registration form which can be found online at <a
href="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/irishacadreg.html"
title="http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/irishacadreg.html">http://www.codataweb.org/codata-ria/irishacadreg.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName ProductID="Kathleen Cass" w:st="on"><i><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Executive Director, CODATA<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>51 Bld de Montmorency<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>75016 Paris<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Ph: + 33 1 45 25 04 96<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=FR style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Fax: + 33 1 42 88 14 66<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><a href="mailto:codata@dial.oleane.com"
title="mailto:codata@dial.oleane.com"><span lang=FR><span
title="mailto:codata@dial.oleane.com"><span
title="mailto:codata@dial.oleane.com">codata@dial.oleane.com</span></span></span></a></span></font></i><i><font
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Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'><a
href="http://www.codata.org/" title="http://www.codata.org/">http://www.codata.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>CODATA data Science Journal: <a
href="http://dsj.codataweb.org/" title="http://dsj.codataweb.org/">http://dsj.codataweb.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

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