10. The system of claim 8 , wherein said second meta-data entity comprises a knowledge field and wherein said group of members comprise researchers in said knowledge field.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein said selected meta-data entity comprises a first meta-data entity, and the system further comprises a social networking module wherein said social networking module allows a user to create an account allowing, said user to join a group of members associated with a second selected meta-data entity of said plurality of meta-data entities stored in said database, and wherein said member is allowed to edit and create database data relevant to said group and participate in group discussions and group messaging based on said database data linked to said selected meta-data entity in said database.