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Nature 453, 449-450 (22 May 2008) | doi:10.1038/453449c; Published online 21 May 2008

Open Innovation Challenges

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Standard identifier could mobilize data and free time

Dave Roberts1 & Vishwas Chavan2

  1. The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
  2. GBIF Secretariat, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

The rise of bioinformatics has focused attention on the growing depth and scope of database content. However, it is difficult or impossible given the existing citation metrics system to identify who originally created or added value to a datum.

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