The document discusses challenges and opportunities around creating a shared platform to support the biomedical research process from data to knowledge generation and dissemination. It notes that currently there is no single widely adopted platform, and reviews some impediments like work practices, business models, trust, and incentives. The NIH Commons is presented as one effort to help integrate data and tools by providing common services, but challenges remain in fully realizing a platform that can facilitate collaboration and reproducibility in research.
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