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The Impact of Shared Semantics

Last week, I had just returned from San Francisco after a face-to-face meeting about the CDISC work to build a repository of shared semantics. After a long trip home, I indulged in my interest in cycling and caught up with the Tour of Italy, the Giro d’Italia. The Giro, along with the Tour of Spain – the Vuelta – and the Tour de France are the three premier events on the annual cycling calendar. This year was the 100th running of the Giro and, after being out of professional cycling for three years, Lance Armstrong was competing in the event for the first time. Lance was there to raise awareness of his Livestrong charity and its work in fighting cancer. With Lance at the event the media interest exploded....