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(1/4) The challenges facing research are systemic, crossing institutions, disciplines and borders, and no single player can answer them alone. This is why it matters that we do not always understand each other.

(2/4) Definitions already exist for most of the terms we use every day, written carefully by people who know their field. But each one comes from inside a single community. It makes sense to the people who wrote it, less so to everyone else.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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(3/4) ATLAS is a new encyclopedia that brings those definitions together instead of replacing them and adds context, a real example and an infographic. Every entry is opened for comment across fields, sectors and countries, then revised until it works for all of them.