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. 2015 Aug 26;24(4):521–528. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.165

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Workflow and responsibilities for the iterative harmonisation process in the SAIL method, involving multiple curation teams and facilitated by a web-based application. (1) Providing a description of the available data from individual cohorts and the requirements from the researcher. (2) Based on this data, the system administrator creates pre-definitions of a possible parameter setting. (3) Testing and verifying the parameter setting by data provider. (4) Offering a pilot instance to the consortium user for checking and verifying the system or for getting any feedback for further alterations to the configuration. (5) Feedback is provided by the researcher and the entire process is iterated.