Some examples of potential YouShare use cases.

• General researcher use.
• Make data discoverable to increase chance of collaborations based on data resources.
• Allow a program to be compiled, installed once, runnable anyone.
• Create a community around a software resource.
• Create a community around a data resource.
• Make programs discoverable.
• Simplify sharing of data and programs between university departments
• Simplify sharing of data and programs between universities.
• Allow references to data, methods, etc., to be placed in papers to allow others to reproduce results, or for citizen science.
• For student projects when one student carries on a project from a student in a previous year. Programs run, data created, etc., can be tracked, and supervisors can add additional annotations.