You should remember

The philosophy that academic information is for all, and it is our duty to make information available.

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does not disturb existing data management: simply provides access to the data. No extra work for infomation suppliers.
adds a possibility of creating hypertext links to enhance information access.
allows data to be ONLY STORED ONCE.
is available for most machines at CERN now.

Note: The effort of producing good quality data outweighs the effort of making the tools to access it.

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