Objectives: Three important initiatives are helping to standardise Cochrane’s content: the Central Registry of Studies (CRS), the Linked Data project, and the HarmoniSR Initiative. As an information organisation it is vital that our content can be queried with confidence by users. A lack of standardisation hampers this. The study or tria lies aAt the heart of our content. The objectives of this workshop will be to focus on how CRS, the Linked Data Project and the HarmoniSR Initiative are each helping to standardise trial meta-data and link trials to their related reports and reviews.
Description: This workshop will bring participants up to date with the progress of each initiative through a series of short presentations and demonstrations. Participants will then be provided with an opportunity to use the CRS Web and the Linked Data PICO (patient, intervention, comparator, outcome) annotator tool. Working in small groups, participants will have the chance to annotate a trial report according to the HarmoniSR guidance.
The final part of the workshop will be whole group discussion around two key questions:
1. what further enhancements or features would improve CRS Web for studies; and
2. is the HarmoniSR guidance accessible and comprehensive, and how could it be enhanced?
The workshop is aimed at Trials Search Co-ordinators, but anyone with an interest in study meta-data, and standardising Cochrane content is welcome to attend.