HEAL Initiative Adopts CEDAR for FAIR Metadata Submission
The NIH HEAL Initiative®—Helping to End Addiction Long-term—has integrated CEDAR into its data infrastructure to support the creation of machine-readable, standards-aligned metadata across its research projects. This integration supports the HEAL commitment to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data practices.
CEDAR in the HEAL Metadata Submission Workflow
As part of the HEAL Platform’s SLMD (Study-Level Metadata) submission process, investigators are now required to submit structured metadata describing their studies, cohorts, and associated variables. To streamline this process and reduce technical overhead, the HEAL Platform provides a preconfigured CEDAR webform for metadata entry.
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