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Bio-Med Central boss Matt Cockerill invoked the example of the SWISS-PROT database to illustrate the value scientists could extract from greater online collaboration. The database is the hand-curated gold standard for protein sequence information, but the current backlog of proteins constantly being turned up by automated research techniques would take SWISS-PROT thousands of years to annotate. Convincing the research community to enter the information wiki-style, make the links to other proteins, and document the function would speed matters up considerably.
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Timo Hannay confessed that of the firm's myriad Web 2.0 projects, only a couple bring in any revenue.
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Ben GodfreyReport from a SXSW panel about Web 2.0 technologies in science. Adoption isn't happening yet.
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Martin LindnerA panel of science web publishers said scientists had consistently shunned wikis, tagging, and social networks, and have even proven reticent to leave comments on web pages.
The refusnik stance presents a puzzle in light of arguments in favour of Web 2.0 -
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