Web 2.0 is changing the way users interact with content and creating new business efficiencies

QEDWiki is a browser-based assembly canvas used to create simple mashups. A mashup maker is an assembly environment in which the creator of a mashup uses software components (or services) made available by content providers. QEDWiki is a unique Wiki framework in that it provides both Web users and developers with a single Web application framework for hosting and developing a broad range of Web 2.0 applications. QEDWiki can be used for a wide variety of Web applications, including, but not limited to, the following: * Web content management for a typical collection of Wiki pages * traditional form processing for database-oriented CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) applications * document-based collaboration * rich interactive applications that bind together disparate services * situational applications (or mashups).

Web tools now allow data sharing and informal debate to take place alongside published papers. But to take full advantage, scientists must embrace a culture of sharing and rethink their vision of databases.