The PDS is divided into a number of science discipline "nodes" which are individually curated by planetary scientists.{{cn|date=January 2019}}
The PDS Management Council serves as the Technicaltechnical Policypolicy Boardboard of the PDS, and provides findings for NASA with respect to planetary science data management, ensures coordination among the nodes, guarantees responsiveness to customer needs, and monitors the appropriate uses of evolving information technologies that may make PDS tasks both more efficient and more cost effective.<ref>{{Cite web|title = PDS: PDS Requirements|url = https://pds.nasa.gov/roadmap/pds_level123_requirements_20170420.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170426223209/https://pds.nasa.gov/roadmap/pds_level123_requirements_20170420.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2017-04-26|website = pds.nasa.gov|access-date = 2017-08-16}}</ref> It is formed by the [[Principalprincipal investigator|principal investigators]]s of the science discipline nodes, along with the leaders of the Technical Support Nodes, the Project Manager, and Deputy Project Manager.{{cn|date=January 2019}}
The Solar System Exploration Data Services Office at the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]] handles PDS Project Management.<ref>{{Cite web|title = PDS: PDS Organization|url = https://pds.nasa.gov/about/organization.shtml|website = pds.nasa.gov|access-date = 2015-10-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170513014603/https://pds.nasa.gov/about/organization.shtml|archive-date = 2017-05-13|url-status = dead}}</ref>
