How do your data grow? (original) (raw)

Scientists need to ensure that their results will be managed for the long haul. Maintaining data takes big organization, says Clifford Lynch.

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1. Clifford Lynch is the executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information, 21 Dupont Circle, Washington DC 20036, USA, and an adjunct professor at the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-4600, USA. cliff@cni.org ,
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Lynch, C. How do your data grow?.Nature 455, 28–29 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/455028a

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• Published: 03 September 2008
• Issue date: 04 September 2008
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/455028a