It is however clear that not all data can be published openly.
In some instances, such as the
case of COBWEB (2.1.3) some of the data may be sensitive (e.g. rare or protected species)
and should only be published in ways not endangering the species in question, either
through aggregation and generalisation, or through the signing of user licenses restricting
certain uses of the data. In other cases, as Omniscientis (2.1.2) the data maybe openly
available but the applications may be protected with a view to exploiting them commercially
after the end of the project.