This panel will present ongoing development and organizational work being done by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) (http://rd-alliance.org). The Research Data Alliance is a new international organization that is being supported by the governments of the European Commission, the Australia Commonwealth Government and the United States Government to implement the technology, practice, and connections that make data work across barriers of government policy and or disciplinary specific standards. The Research Data Alliance aims to accelerate and facilitate research data sharing and exchange. In this panel we will feature current thrusts of the new RDA Working Groups that focus on Big Data Analytics, Data Type Registries, Persistent Identifiers for Data, Data Terminology, and Data Policy. Additionally the panelists and moderator will speak about the current status of the Research Data Alliance in its start-up mode and will update attendees on work that will be on the agenda for the upcoming RDA Second Plenary meeting in Washington, DC that will be held the week prior to the Cluster 2013 Conference.
