Though the term "open data" is spoken of frequently — and has been since President Obama took office in 2009 — what it is and why it's important isn't always clear.

Perspective Published: 04 November 2004 A common open representation of mass spectrometry data and its application to proteomics research Patrick G A Pedrioli, Jimmy K Eng, Robert Hubley, Mathijs ...

Select the CSV file and click "Open" to display the Text Import window. You can visualize how the data will be displayed in OpenOffice using the Preview pane near the bottom of the window.