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Failed Swiss data-sharing project has lessons for Europe, say Fritz Sager and his colleagues
Sharing data has long been a crucial part of research. But the trend in policy and funding towards large-scale, interdisciplinary programmes that aim to tackle complex challenges has made data infrastructure more important than ever.
The European Open Science Cloud is a prominent example at the EU level.