<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/</id><title>Munging Metadata</title><subtitle>A technical blog by Sam Hume on open-source software, data exchange standards, and data engineering, and clinical research informatics. I often cover topics such as odmlib, ODM, Define-XML, Dataset-JSON, CDISC Library, FHIR, Python, PHUSE, and CDISC.</subtitle> <updated>2026-06-20T13:33:38-04:00</updated> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> <uri>https://humedatalabs.com/</uri> </author><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://humedatalabs.com/feed.xml"/><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" hreflang="en" href="https://humedatalabs.com/"/> <generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator> <rights> © 2026 Sam Hume </rights> <icon>/assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico</icon> <logo>/assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png</logo> <entry><title>Dataset Specializations vs. Biomedical Concept Variants</title><link href="https://humedatalabs.com/dataset-specializations-vs-bc-variants/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Dataset Specializations vs. Biomedical Concept Variants" /><published>2026-03-02T09:00:00-05:00</published> <updated>2026-03-02T09:00:00-05:00</updated> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/dataset-specializations-vs-bc-variants/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://humedatalabs.com/dataset-specializations-vs-bc-variants/" /> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> </author> <category term="Standards" /> <summary>Reply to Kerstin's LinkedIn Post on BC Variants.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Automating Define-XML Generation in CDISC 360i</title><link href="https://humedatalabs.com/automating-define-generation-360i/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Automating Define-XML Generation in CDISC 360i" /><published>2026-02-09T09:00:00-05:00</published> <updated>2026-02-09T09:00:00-05:00</updated> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/automating-define-generation-360i/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://humedatalabs.com/automating-define-generation-360i/" /> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> </author> <category term="Standards" /> <category term="Open-source" /> <summary>Update on progress generating Define-XML in CDISC 360i</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Top 10 Reasons for Using Dataset-JSON over Parquet for Data Exchange</title><link href="https://humedatalabs.com/top-10-reasons-dsj-over-parquet/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Top 10 Reasons for Using Dataset-JSON over Parquet for Data Exchange" /><published>2025-11-15T09:00:00-05:00</published> <updated>2026-06-19T20:32:05-04:00</updated> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/top-10-reasons-dsj-over-parquet/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://humedatalabs.com/top-10-reasons-dsj-over-parquet/" /> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> </author> <category term="Standards" /> <summary>Questions raised ahead of the R/Pharma 2025 Dataset-JSON Workshop.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Powering Standards With Code: The Role Of Open Source In CDISC 360i (Paper)</title><link href="https://humedatalabs.com/powering-standards-with-code/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Powering Standards With Code: The Role Of Open Source In CDISC 360i (Paper)" /><published>2025-09-26T10:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-06-19T20:32:05-04:00</updated> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/powering-standards-with-code/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://humedatalabs.com/powering-standards-with-code/" /> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> </author> <category term="Standards" /> <category term="Open-source" /> <summary>Paper for the PHUSE SDE 2025 in West Windsor, NJ on July 23rd, 2025.</summary> </entry> <entry><title>Powering Standards with Code: The Role of Open Source in CDISC 360i (slides)</title><link href="https://humedatalabs.com/phuse-sde-360i-oss/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Powering Standards with Code: The Role of Open Source in CDISC 360i (slides)" /><published>2025-07-23T10:00:00-04:00</published> <updated>2026-06-19T20:32:05-04:00</updated> <id>https://humedatalabs.com/phuse-sde-360i-oss/</id> <content type="text/html" src="https://humedatalabs.com/phuse-sde-360i-oss/" /> <author> <name>Sam Hume</name> </author> <category term="Standards" /> <category term="Open-source" /> <summary>Presentation given at the PHUSE SDE 2025 in West Windsor (NJ) on July 23rd, 2025</summary> </entry> </feed>
