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- Title
Should software hold data hostage?
- Authors
Wiley, H. Steven; Michaels, George S.
- Abstract
The article comments on the software companies' practice of holding the user's data hostage by locking them into proprietary file and data formats. It comments that such practice violates fundamental principles of data ownership and control and cautions the scientific community against it because the future of data-intensive biology depends on ensuring open data standards and freely exchangeable file formats. Biology being a broad field will increasingly depend on the creation of powerful new software tools. The conflicting interests of commerce with science have created a deadlock. The article suggests solutions for the mutual benefit of both the parties.
- Subjects
DATA protection; ACCESS control of records; COMPUTER software industry; SCIENTIFIC community; COMPUTER software; BIOLOGY
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2004, Vol 22, Issue 8, p1037
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0804-1037