Foster both the development of software tools and support for these tools. 2. Invest in tools at all levels of the funding pyramid. 3. Foster the development of generic Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). 4. Foster research into scientific data management, data analysis, data visualiza- tion, and new algorithms and tools. 5. Establish digital libraries that support other sciences in the same way the National Library of Medicine supports the bio-sciences. 6. Foster the development of new document authoring tools and publication models. 7. Foster the development of digital data libraries that contain scientific data (not just the metadata) and support integration with published literature.