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A2 is related to the registration and indexing issues described in F4.<\/p>\n<p><b>Examples<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Metadata are valuable in and of themselves, when planning research, especially replication studies. Even if the original data are missing, tracking down people, institutions or publications associated with the original research can be extremely useful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does this mean? Datasets tend to degrade or disappear over time because there is a cost to maintaining an online presence for data resources. 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