Using standards strategically - not as ends in themselves but as tools for interoperability and collaboration.
How do we leverage and design open standards to get real work done?
Standards promise interoperability, but the graveyard of failed standards is vast. The successful ones share something: they solve real problems for real users, not just satisfy committee requirements. Understanding when and how to use standards - and when to avoid them - is a crucial skill.
Effective use of standards requires pragmatism:
The goal is interoperability, not compliance for its own sake.
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Implemented comprehensive sample sheet functionality enabling users to define, create, and utilize complex metadata structures through multiple interfaces including workflow editors, spreadsheet programs, and collection tools.
Published comprehensive research on Planemo, a software development toolkit with over 70,000 downloads that streamlines creation, deployment, and execution of scientific data analysis tools in Galaxy and Common Workflow Language.