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*Wikis allow for systematic linking and thus enhanced contextualization (sidenote: some have argued that [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/links_in_text.php links are distracting])
*Wikis allow for systematic linking and thus enhanced contextualization (sidenote: some have argued that [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/links_in_text.php links are distracting])
*[http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2010/07/viva-la-wiki/ Overview] of the evolution of wikis and wiki-like environments
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*[http://thisiscolab.com/blog/dear-scientists-stop-duplicating-work/ Dear Scientists, Stop Duplicating Work]
*[http://thisiscolab.com/blog/dear-scientists-stop-duplicating-work/ Dear Scientists, Stop Duplicating Work]

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Do journals provide sufficient contextualization for research?
  • For technical reasons, publishing was historically a separate step, performed about once per iteration of the research cycle
  • Publishing every relevant bit of information immediately at each step is technically feasible now, and the remaining hurdles are cultural ones.
  • Wikis allow for systematic linking and thus enhanced contextualization (sidenote: some have argued that links are distracting)