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Nature 446, 10-11 (1 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446010b; Published online 28 February 2007

Data sharing: the next generation

Declan Butler

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Social software offers fresh perspectives on results.

The Internet has already become a place for people to share knowledge, opinions, music and videos. Now, in a slightly geekier aspect of the same trend, social software is allowing people to share data too.