Bayan kawo karshen yakin duniya na biyu, an samu karuwa cikin sauri a duk kasashen da suka ci gaba a yawan masana kimiyya da ke gudanar da bincike. A lokaci guda, sabbin kayan aiki masu sarrafa kansa sun ba da damar yin ma'aunin jiki da inganci sosai. Wadannan abubuwa guda biyu sun haifar da fadada ma'ana a cikin adadin bayanan da aka buga a cikin wallafe-wallafen kimiyya kuma an haɗa su a cikin litattafai da ma'aji.
A farkon shekarun 1960, da yawa daga cikin shugabannin kimiyya sun fara fahimtar cewa, wannan guguwar bayanai tana lalata hanyoyin buga littattafai na gargajiya da kuma dawo da su, kuma akwai haɗarin cewa yawancinsu za su yi hasarar al'ummai masu zuwa. Lokacin da da yawa daga cikin waɗannan shugabannin suka taru kuma suka yarda cewa ana buƙatar wani shiri na kasa da kasa don inganta gudanarwa da adana bayanan kimiyya da kuma sauƙaƙe haɗin kai tsakanin ƙungiyoyi masu sha'awar a duk faɗin duniya, ƙirƙirar CODATA shine sakamakon.
Kwamitin bayanai (CODATA), wanda aka fi sani da Kwamitin Bayanai kan Kimiyya da Fasaha, an kafa shi ne ta babban taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (ICSU) na 11th. kungiyar magabata, wanda aka yi a Bombay, Janairu 1966. Kwamitin ya yi taronsa na farko a Paris a watan Yuni 1966.
CODATA ya damu da kowane nau'in bayanan ƙididdiga waɗanda aka samo asali daga ma'auni na gwaji ko abubuwan lura a cikin kimiyyar zahiri, ilimin halitta, ilimin ƙasa da kimiyyar sararin samaniya. An ba da fifiko na musamman ga matsalolin sarrafa bayanai da suka saba da fannonin kimiyya daban-daban da kuma bayanan da aka yi amfani da su a wajen fagen da aka samar da su.
Babban makasudin shine inganta inganci da samun damar bayanai, da kuma hanyoyin da ake samun bayanai, sarrafa da kuma tantance su; sauƙaƙe haɗin gwiwar kasa da kasa tsakanin masu tattarawa, tsarawa da amfani da bayanai; da kuma haɓaka ƙara wayar da kan jama'a a cikin al'ummar kimiyya da fasaha na mahimmancin waɗannan ayyukan.
CODATA shine Kwamitin Bayanai na Majalisar Kimiyya ta Duniya (ISC). CODATA tana wanzuwa don haɓaka haɗin gwiwar duniya don haɓaka Buɗaɗɗen Kimiyya da haɓaka samuwa da amfani da bayanai don duk fannonin bincike. CODATA tana goyan bayan ƙa'idar cewa bayanan da aka samar ta hanyar bincike kuma masu saukin kamuwa da amfani da su don bincike yakamata su kasance a buɗe yadda zai yiwu kuma a rufe kamar yadda ya cancanta.
CODATA tana kuma aiki don haɓaka haɗin kai da kuma amfani da irin waɗannan bayanan: bayanan bincike yakamata su kasance masu gaskiya (Ana iya samun damar samun damar yin aiki da su, da sake amfani da su). Ta hanyar haɓaka manufofin, fasaha da sauye-sauyen al'adu waɗanda ke da mahimmanci don haɓaka Buɗaɗɗen Kimiyya, CODATA na taimakawa ci gaban hangen nesa na ISC da manufar ciyar da kimiyya gaba azaman amfanin jama'a na duniya.
ISC kuma tana karbar bakuncin CODATA kuma ita ce ke kula da bitar kungiyar, ayyana sharuddan bita, nada membobin kwamitin bita, kudade da jami’an kimiyya.
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