See the Roadmap project for progress on the roadmap. Add new items or discuss on the discussion thread. Issues with "future" tag are discussed for addition to the roadmap.
Project Scope Statement for the ODM - The scoping document to support the roadmap and version 2.
Requirements for future tools and features:
- Multilanguage support - Provisions international language support for all metadata.
- Open and cross platform - Tools to support the data model will be generated using or support open software. The objective is to create pseudo-code that can form the basis to program code in R or Python. Rules as pseudo-code allow development teams to generate consistent data applications in other program platforms (i.e. MS 365 or ArcGIS).
- Support exisiting dictionaries - PHES-ODM seeks to include measures and concepts from other common dictionaries.
Version 2 has three objectives.
Development of Version 2 is in progress. Key additions include:
- Data dictionary - Ensure the data dictionary is comprehensive, robust and extendable.
- Support tools - Make it as easy as possible to use the data model with tools to transform, validate and share data.
- Improved documentation - Documentation includes tutorials, how-to-guides, explaination and reference guides.
The extended version 2 dictionary includes a structured, extendable approach to include:
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Any biologic, chemical or property.
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Air and surface testing, in addition to wastewater (water).
- variants, mutations, sequences, proteins
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Other biologics (including antimicrobial resistance), drugs and toxins and properties.
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Expanded ability to report methods, instruments, and quality control and assurance measures.
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Large data – i.e data streaming of wastewater flow or temperature.
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Comprehensive – include all measures in other wastewater dictionaries.
- CDC National Wastewater Surveillance System, European Nucleotide Association, Norman Score, etc.
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Excel templates.
- Long-versions – One measure per row with sheets for data from sites, samples, quality control
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Map - Map your existing data to ODM. Map ODM to other common dictionaries.
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Validate - checks and reports whether your data meets ODM format.
- Automatic
- Extra validation rules can be added (CSV file).
- Python library supported, with a schema that can be implemented in other systems.
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Share - filter your data to felicitate sharing just the data you want to share for different groups
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Sharing to the individual data element.
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Template provided (CSV), then you customize
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The conductor is a web-based application, under development, that brings the ODM tools to wastewater labs and others who collect and use wastewater and environmental testing data.
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Robust relational dictionary, with entity relationship diagram and SQL logic
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Data sharing schema and Python application
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Validation schema
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Multi-language support
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Excel data collection templates for partners
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Complete open database
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Initial documentation to support users in implementing version 2
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Support tools (mappers, validators, and the conductor)
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Robust documentation (vignettes, tutorials, references, and how-to guides)
Documentation that including tutorials, how-to guides, technical references and explanations. See Divio documentation approach.
- Tutorials - learning-oriented.
- How-to guides - problem-oriented.
- Explanation - understanding-oriented.
- Reference - information-oriented.
- the PHES-ODM Steering Committee and Working Groups ensures PHES-ODM meets the needs from the full spectrum of users from testing laboratory to public health policy.
- A working group that meets weekly to discuss ongoing development and receive input from dictionary users. Please email: phesd_odm@ohri.ca if you would like to join the meeting.
- Code of conduct.