Dataset-XML: an Expanding Toolbox
Despite just being released in Q2 of 2014, a number of freely available tools are already available to work with Dataset-XML files. The recently-introduced CDISC Dataset-XML standard enables the interchange of tabular datasets, like SDTM or ADaM, using ODM-based XML, and provides a convenient alternative to SAS V5 XPORT files. Tools supporting Dataset-XML are listed on the publicly accessible CDISC Dataset-XML Resources page on the CDISC Wiki. Early versions of many of these tools were available before Dataset-XML was released as a final standard. The speedy availability of these tools highlights the CDISC community’s culture of innovation as inspired by the availability of machine-readable standards. The availability of software tools with the release of Dataset-XML enabled the FDA to begin planning the "Transport Format for the Submission of Regulatory Study Data” pilot prior to the standard’s final release. In order to test Dataset-XML’s suitability as a replacement for SA...