Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:11:17 +0100 From: "codata@qub.ac.uk"Subject: Data Science Journal Dear Colleague I would like first to thank those of you who have sent a paper to the Data Science Journal or encourage someone else to send a paper arising out of a meeting, seminar or colloquium of CODATA which you have been organising. If you have not already sent me a paper I would encourage you to do so. Encouraging others Almost all the papers published in the journal have been submitted in response to invitations from someone. Promising authors or promising papers are usually identified from a paper read or heard at a conference or meeting. So I would ask you to watch out for possible papers for the journal and either you encourage the author to submit a paper or send the name of the author or paper. If an author is unsure if a paper is appropriate for the Data Science Journal or not, then please encourage the author to send me a draft. I can then advise the author. I have done this several times, sometimes being positive and sometimes explaining why the paper is not appropriate and suggesting hoe it might be changed to make it suitable. Special Sections The journal has already published in February this year one special section on Spatial data Usability edited by Monica Wachowicz, a member of the editorial board, and G.J. Hunter. If you convene or assist with a seminar, colloquium, study group or journal, please consider editing a special section on the meeting or writing a paper reviewing what took place at the meeting. Remember that the journal can be accessed at www.datasciencejournal.org, where potential authors can find information about the journal and how to submit. Yours sincerely FJ Smith Data Science Journal