"For the scientific details the ENCODE papers are totally open, and we have aimed for a high level of transparency e.g. a virtual machine to provide complete access to data and code." "ENCODE also had the chance of making our results comprehensible to the general public"
"researchers must focus on creating the best data set they can. Maybe they will use the data, maybe they won't. What is important is the community resource, not individual success."
Ewan's Blog: Bioinformatician at large: Response on ENCODE reaction
The making of ENCODE: Lessons for big-data projects
