Ten lessons for data sharing with a data commons

A data commons is a cloud-based data platform with a governance structure that allows a community to manage, analyze and share its data. Data commons provide a research community with the ability to manage and analyze large datasets using the elastic scalability provided by cloud computing and to share data securely and compliantly, and, in this way, accelerate the pace of research. Over the past decade, a number of data commons have been developed and we discuss some of the lessons learned from this effort.

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A data commons is a cloud-based data platform that allows a community to manage, analyze, and share data. It enables research communities to utilize cloud computing for large-scale data management and analysis, and securely share data, thereby accelerating research progress.