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The need for standards, not guidelines, in biological data reporting and sharing

Implementation of the Minimal Information About a Microarray Experiment document provides several lessons for similar ongoing initiatives in other fields.

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Burgoon, L. The need for standards, not guidelines, in biological data reporting and sharing. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1369–1373 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1106-1369

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