Now we just need an initiative for a world-wide, open access database for scientific literature as well :-) - Björn Brembs

I think if we get one, the other will follow because the benefits will become so obvious. - Bill Hooker

Btw, for those not inclined to click through to obscured articles, this one is "International science community agrees on first steps to establish a global virtual library for scientific data" -- I always forget that OAN doesn't have titles for the individual entries. - Bill Hooker

You know my take on this. Use web standards, some data standards and keep your data discoverable. That is the global virtual library. We don't have to agree on it. Just need to do it - Deepak Singh

Agree with Deepak, very strongly. Open standards, not "One Repository to Rule Them All" is what is needed. It'll become a choke point for innovation; open standards let you build multilayered services with decentralized innovation. - Michael Nielsen