Abstract
The UK, as far as we can discover, is currently the only country in the world that has an expertise database for its research community. It is one of the few countries that entrusts this sort of development to the private sector. I would like to look at how this has come about, comment on two factors that I think have influenced the outcome - namely size and quality - say something about who uses the database and where it is all leading.
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