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This page is part 4 of a short, self-paced tour introducing VIVO for use in an interactive workshop or online.
VIVO in an information ecosystem
In addition to identifying data sources for a VIVO and finding the common identifiers to link them together it's also important to think about VIVO as one piece of a larger ecosystem, both locally and when you are ready to start sharing VIVO data out to the world.
VIVO is not ...
It's important with any project, especially in the realm of information technology, to be clear with yourself and your colleagues and managers what a new system will not provide in terms of features – to manage expectations, in other words.
VIVO works best
on to part 5: VIVO as data
