DOE at Work on Scientific 'Knowledgebase'

"In 2008, to make data more accessible for scientific sharing and integration, the Department of Energy came up with the vision for a “Systems Biology Knowledgebase” (also referred to as Kbase) for plant and microbial life. In 2010 the research and development needed to design and implement Kbase was completed by the Genomic Science program, and work on it is currently underway....According to the Kbase implementation plan, “In general, a knowledgebase is an organized collection of data, organizational methods, standards, analysis tools, and interfaces representing a body of knowledge.” ...Kbase would foster “open community science.” According to Kbase literature, instead of scientists working on their particular areas of investigation with their own limited data, now “any laboratory or project, regardless of size,” will have “free and open access to data, analysis tools, resources for modeling and simulation, and information.” ..."