diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 83c9403..b8e917e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: Hades
 Type: Package
 Title: Health Analytics Data-to-Evidence Suite
-Version: 1.8.0
+Version: 1.9.0
 Date: 2023-01-11
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Martijn", "Schuemie", , "schuemie@ohdsi.org", role = c("aut", "cre")),
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Imports:
   Hydra,
   IterativeHardThresholding,
   OhdsiShinyModules,
-  ResultModelManager
+  ResultModelManager,
+  Characterization
 Remotes:
   ohdsi/BigKnn,
   ohdsi/ROhdsiWebApi,
@@ -65,7 +66,8 @@ Remotes:
   ohdsi/DeepPatientLevelPrediction,
   ohdsi/CohortExplorer,
   ohdsi/OhdsiShinyModules,
-  ohdsi/ResultModelManager
+  ohdsi/ResultModelManager,
+  ohdsi/Characterization
 LazyData: false
 RoxygenNote: 7.2.0
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 1ae2bbb..bc3bc3d 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+HADES 1.9.0
+===========
+
+Changes
+
+- Adding Characterization to HADES
+
 HADES 1.8.0
 ===========
 
diff --git a/Rmd/packageStatuses.Rmd b/Rmd/packageStatuses.Rmd
index fce6d7e..9f4e23f 100644
--- a/Rmd/packageStatuses.Rmd
+++ b/Rmd/packageStatuses.Rmd
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The table below lists, for each of the HADES packages, the following details:
 | [Andromeda](https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Andromeda?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/Andromeda/) | Adam Black | CRAN | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/Andromeda?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/Andromeda?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Andromeda/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Andromeda?branch=main) |
 | [BigKnn](https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/BigKnn?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/BigKnn/) | Martijn Schuemie  | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/BigKnn?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/BigKnn?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/BigKnn/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/BigKnn?branch=main) |
 | [Capr](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Capr?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/Capr/) | Martin Lavallee | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/Capr?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/Capr?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Capr/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Capr?branch=main) |
+| [Characterization](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Characterization?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization/) | Jenna Reps | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/Characterization?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/Characterization?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Characterization/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Characterization?branch=main) |
 | [CirceR](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CirceR?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/CirceR/) | Chris Knoll | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/CirceR?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/CirceR?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CirceR/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CirceR?branch=main) |
 | [CohortDiagnostics](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortDiagnostics?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortDiagnostics/) | Jamie Gilbert | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics?branch=main) |
 | [CohortExplorer](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer) | [![Version](https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortExplorer?label=%20)](https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortExplorer/) | Gowtham Rao | GitHub | [![Open issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/CohortExplorer?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/issues) | [![Open pull-requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/CohortExplorer?label=%20)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/pulls) | [![Build Status](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check) | [![codecov.io](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/coverage.svg?branch=main)](https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortExplorer?branch=main) |
diff --git a/Rmd/packages.Rmd b/Rmd/packages.Rmd
index 2ed18f8..b6b36d6 100644
--- a/Rmd/packages.Rmd
+++ b/Rmd/packages.Rmd
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Below are the packages included in HADES. For each package a link is provided wi
 <li><h4><i class="fas  fa-cube "></i> <a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/DeepPatientLevelPrediction">DeepPatientLevelPrediction</a></h4>Performing patient level prediction using deep learning</br><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/DeepPatientLevelPrediction">Learn more...</a></li>
 <li><h4><i class="fas  fa-cube "></i> <a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction">EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction</a></h4>Building and validating ensemble patient-level predictive models.</br><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction">Learn more...</a></li>
 </ul>
+<h2 id="pkg_header">Characterization</h2>
+<ul id="pkg">
+<li><h4><i class="fas  fa-cube "></i> <a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization">Characterization</a></h4>Various types of characterizations of a target and outcome cohort.</br><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization">Learn more...</a></li>
+</ul>
 <h2 id="pkg_header">Cohort construction and evaluation</h2>
 <ul id="pkg">
 <li><h4><i class="fas  fa-cube "></i> <a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Capr">Capr</a></h4>Develop and manipulate complex cohort definitions in R</br><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Capr">Learn more...</a></li>
diff --git a/Rmd/support.Rmd b/Rmd/support.Rmd
index 32c36e4..3485977 100644
--- a/Rmd/support.Rmd
+++ b/Rmd/support.Rmd
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Bug reports should be files using the issue tracker of the misbehaving package:
 
 - [Capr issue tracker](https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/issues)
 
+- [Characterization issue tracker](https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/issues)
+
 - [CirceR issue tracker](https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/issues)
 
 - [CohortDiagnostics issue tracker](https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/issues)
diff --git a/docs/developmentRoadmap.html b/docs/developmentRoadmap.html
index faae289..add8736 100644
--- a/docs/developmentRoadmap.html
+++ b/docs/developmentRoadmap.html
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ <h1>Package milestones</h1>
 <script>addMileStones('BigKnn')</script>
 <p id='Capr'/>
 <script>addMileStones('Capr')</script>
+<p id='Characterization'/>
+<script>addMileStones('Characterization')</script>
 <p id='CirceR'/>
 <script>addMileStones('CirceR')</script>
 <p id='CohortDiagnostics'/>
diff --git a/docs/packageStatuses.html b/docs/packageStatuses.html
index 9d1709f..62ad2d3 100644
--- a/docs/packageStatuses.html
+++ b/docs/packageStatuses.html
@@ -430,6 +430,16 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Capr?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Capr/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="even">
+<td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization">Characterization</a></td>
+<td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Characterization?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
+<td align="left">Jenna Reps</td>
+<td align="center">GitHub</td>
+<td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/issues"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/OHDSI/Characterization?label=%20" alt="Open issues" /></a></td>
+<td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/pulls"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/OHDSI/Characterization?label=%20" alt="Open pull-requests" /></a></td>
+<td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
+<td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Characterization?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Characterization/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
+</tr>
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR">CirceR</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/CirceR/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CirceR?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Chris Knoll</td>
@@ -439,7 +449,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CirceR?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CirceR/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics">CohortDiagnostics</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortDiagnostics/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortDiagnostics?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jamie Gilbert</td>
@@ -449,7 +459,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer">CohortExplorer</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortExplorer/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortExplorer?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Gowtham Rao</td>
@@ -459,7 +469,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortExplorer?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortGenerator">CohortGenerator</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortGenerator/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortGenerator?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Anthony Sena</td>
@@ -469,7 +479,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortGenerator/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortGenerator/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortGenerator?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortGenerator/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortMethod">CohortMethod</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/CohortMethod/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/CohortMethod?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -479,7 +489,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortMethod/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortMethod/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortMethod?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/CohortMethod/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Cyclops">Cyclops</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Cyclops/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Cyclops?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Marc Suchard</td>
@@ -489,7 +499,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Cyclops/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/Cyclops/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Cyclops?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Cyclops/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/DatabaseConnector">DatabaseConnector</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/DatabaseConnector/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/DatabaseConnector?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -499,7 +509,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/DatabaseConnector/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/DatabaseConnector/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/DatabaseConnector?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/DatabaseConnector/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/DeepPatientLevelPrediction">DeepPatientLevelPrediction</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/DeepPatientLevelPrediction/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/DeepPatientLevelPrediction?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Egill Fridgeirsson</td>
@@ -509,7 +519,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/DeepPatientLevelPrediction/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/DeepPatientLevelPrediction/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/DeepPatientLevelPrediction?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/DeepPatientLevelPrediction/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EmpiricalCalibration">EmpiricalCalibration</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/EmpiricalCalibration/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/EmpiricalCalibration?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -519,7 +529,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EmpiricalCalibration/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/EmpiricalCalibration/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EmpiricalCalibration?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EmpiricalCalibration/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction">EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jenna Reps</td>
@@ -529,7 +539,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Eunomia">Eunomia</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Eunomia/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Eunomia?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Frank DeFalco</td>
@@ -539,7 +549,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Eunomia/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/Eunomia/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Eunomia?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Eunomia/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EvidenceSynthesis">EvidenceSynthesis</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/EvidenceSynthesis/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/EvidenceSynthesis?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -549,7 +559,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/EvidenceSynthesis/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/EvidenceSynthesis/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EvidenceSynthesis?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/EvidenceSynthesis/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/FeatureExtraction">FeatureExtraction</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/FeatureExtraction/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/FeatureExtraction?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Anthony Sena</td>
@@ -559,7 +569,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/FeatureExtraction/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/FeatureExtraction/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/FeatureExtraction?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/FeatureExtraction/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Hydra">Hydra</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Hydra/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/Hydra?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Anthony Sena</td>
@@ -569,7 +579,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Hydra/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/Hydra/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Hydra?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/Hydra/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/IterativeHardThresholding">IterativeHardThresholding</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/IterativeHardThresholding/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/IterativeHardThresholding?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Marc Suchard</td>
@@ -579,7 +589,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/IterativeHardThresholding/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/IterativeHardThresholding/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/IterativeHardThresholding?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/IterativeHardThresholding/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/MethodEvaluation">MethodEvaluation</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/MethodEvaluation/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/MethodEvaluation?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -589,7 +599,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/MethodEvaluation/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/MethodEvaluation/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/MethodEvaluation?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/MethodEvaluation/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiSharing">OhdsiSharing</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/OhdsiSharing/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/OhdsiSharing?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Lee Evans</td>
@@ -599,7 +609,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiSharing/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiSharing/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/OhdsiSharing?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/OhdsiSharing/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiShinyModules">OhdsiShinyModules</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/OhdsiShinyModules/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/OhdsiShinyModules?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jenna Reps</td>
@@ -609,7 +619,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiShinyModules/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/OhdsiShinyModules/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/OhdsiShinyModules?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/OhdsiShinyModules/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ParallelLogger">ParallelLogger</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/ParallelLogger/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/ParallelLogger?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -619,7 +629,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ParallelLogger/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/ParallelLogger/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ParallelLogger?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ParallelLogger/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PatientLevelPrediction">PatientLevelPrediction</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/PatientLevelPrediction/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/PatientLevelPrediction?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jenna Reps &amp; Peter Rijnbeek</td>
@@ -629,7 +639,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PatientLevelPrediction/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/PatientLevelPrediction/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PatientLevelPrediction?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PatientLevelPrediction/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PhenotypeLibrary">PhenotypeLibrary</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/PhenotypeLibrary/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/PhenotypeLibrary?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Gowtham Rao</td>
@@ -639,7 +649,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PhenotypeLibrary/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/PhenotypeLibrary/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PhenotypeLibrary?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PhenotypeLibrary/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PheValuator">PheValuator</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/PheValuator/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/PheValuator?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Joel Swerdel</td>
@@ -649,7 +659,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/PheValuator/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/PheValuator/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PheValuator?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/PheValuator/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ResultModelManager">ResultModelManager</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/ResultModelManager/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/ResultModelManager?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jamie Gilbert</td>
@@ -659,7 +669,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ResultModelManager/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/ResultModelManager/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ResultModelManager?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ResultModelManager/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ROhdsiWebApi">ROhdsiWebApi</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/ROhdsiWebApi/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/ROhdsiWebApi?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Gowtham Rao</td>
@@ -669,7 +679,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/ROhdsiWebApi/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/ROhdsiWebApi/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ROhdsiWebApi?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/ROhdsiWebApi/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCaseSeries">SelfControlledCaseSeries</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/SelfControlledCaseSeries/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/SelfControlledCaseSeries?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
@@ -679,7 +689,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCaseSeries/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCaseSeries/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/SelfControlledCaseSeries?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/SelfControlledCaseSeries/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="odd">
+<tr class="even">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort">SelfControlledCohort</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/SelfControlledCohort/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/SelfControlledCohort?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Jamie Gilbert</td>
@@ -689,7 +699,7 @@ <h1 class="title toc-ignore">Package statuses</h1>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort/actions?query=workflow%3AR-CMD-check"><img src="https://github.com/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg" alt="Build Status" /></a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort?branch=main"><img src="https://codecov.io/github/OHDSI/SelfControlledCohort/coverage.svg?branch=main" alt="codecov.io" /></a></td>
 </tr>
-<tr class="even">
+<tr class="odd">
 <td align="left"><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/SqlRender">SqlRender</a></td>
 <td align="center"><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/SqlRender/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/r-package/v/ohdsi/SqlRender?label=%20" alt="Version" /></a></td>
 <td align="left">Martijn Schuemie</td>
diff --git a/docs/packages.html b/docs/packages.html
index 58fc427..40bff21 100644
--- a/docs/packages.html
+++ b/docs/packages.html
@@ -496,6 +496,17 @@ <h4>
 </li>
 </ul>
 <h2 id="pkg_header">
+Characterization
+</h2>
+<ul id="pkg">
+<li>
+<h4>
+<i class="fas  fa-cube "></i> <a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization">Characterization</a>
+</h4>
+Various types of characterizations of a target and outcome cohort.</br><a href="https://ohdsi.github.io/Characterization">Learn more…</a>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<h2 id="pkg_header">
 Cohort construction and evaluation
 </h2>
 <ul id="pkg">
diff --git a/docs/rSetup.html b/docs/rSetup.html
index 28e64eb..012a3b1 100644
--- a/docs/rSetup.html
+++ b/docs/rSetup.html
@@ -532,7 +532,9 @@ <h1>Verifying the installation</h1>
 <pre class="r"><code>install.packages(&quot;SqlRender&quot;)
 library(SqlRender)
 translate(&quot;SELECT TOP 10 * FROM person;&quot;, &quot;postgresql&quot;)</code></pre>
-<pre><code>## [1] &quot;SELECT  * FROM person LIMIT 10;&quot;</code></pre>
+<pre><code>## [1] &quot;SELECT  * FROM person LIMIT 10;&quot;
+## attr(,&quot;sqlDialect&quot;)
+## [1] &quot;postgresql&quot;</code></pre>
 <p>This function uses Java, so if all goes well we know both R and Java have been installed correctly!</p>
 <p>Another test is to see if source packages can be built. Run the following R code to install the <code>CohortMethod</code> package from the OHDSI GitHub repository:</p>
 <pre class="r"><code>install.packages(&quot;remotes&quot;)
diff --git a/docs/support.html b/docs/support.html
index 33d4380..5dd9f1d 100644
--- a/docs/support.html
+++ b/docs/support.html
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ <h1>Bug reports</h1>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Andromeda/issues">Andromeda issue tracker</a></p></li>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/BigKnn/issues">BigKnn issue tracker</a></p></li>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Capr/issues">Capr issue tracker</a></p></li>
+<li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/Characterization/issues">Characterization issue tracker</a></p></li>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CirceR/issues">CirceR issue tracker</a></p></li>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortDiagnostics/issues">CohortDiagnostics issue tracker</a></p></li>
 <li><p><a href="https://github.com/OHDSI/CohortExplorer/issues">CohortExplorer issue tracker</a></p></li>
diff --git a/extras/packages.csv b/extras/packages.csv
index 4044926..063fbf1 100644
--- a/extras/packages.csv
+++ b/extras/packages.csv
@@ -6,26 +6,27 @@ order,name,section,description,inCran,pages,maintainers,CRON
 5,PatientLevelPrediction,Patient-level prediction,"Build and evaluate predictive models for user-specified outcomes, using a wide array of machine learning algorithms.",FALSE,TRUE,Jenna Reps & Peter Rijnbeek,0 12 * * 6
 6,DeepPatientLevelPrediction,Patient-level prediction,Performing patient level prediction using deep learning,FALSE,TRUE,Egill Fridgeirsson,0 13 * * 6
 7,EnsemblePatientLevelPrediction,Patient-level prediction,Building and validating ensemble patient-level predictive models.,FALSE,TRUE,Jenna Reps,0 14 * * 6
-8,Capr,Cohort construction and evaluation,Develop and manipulate complex cohort definitions in R,FALSE,TRUE,Martin Lavallee,0 15 * * 6
-9,CirceR,Cohort construction and evaluation,"An R wrapper for Circe, a library for creating cohort definitions, expressing them as JSON, SQL, or Markdown.",FALSE,TRUE,Chris Knoll,0 16 * * 6
-10,CohortGenerator,Cohort construction and evaluation,Instantiating cohorts in a database based on a set of cohort definitions.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena,0 17 * * 6
-11,PhenotypeLibrary,Cohort construction and evaluation,The OHDSI Phenotype Library: a collection of community-maintained pre-definined cohorts.,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 18 * * 6
-12,CohortDiagnostics,Cohort construction and evaluation,Generate a wide set of diagnostics to evaluate cohort definitions against databases in the CDM.,FALSE,TRUE,Jamie Gilbert,0 19 * * 6
-13,PheValuator,Cohort construction and evaluation,"Semi-automated evaluation of cohorts, producing metrics suchs as sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative preditive value.",FALSE,TRUE,Joel Swerdel,0 20 * * 6
-13,CohortExplorer,Cohort construction and evaluation,Visually explore all individual-level data of patients in a cohort,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 21 * * 6
-14,EmpiricalCalibration,Evidence Quality,Use negative control exposure-outcome pairs to profile and calibrate a particular analysis design.,TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 22 * * 6
-15,MethodEvaluation,Evidence Quality,Use real data and established reference sets as well as simulations injected in real data to evaluate the performance of methods.,FALSE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 23 * * 6
-16,Andromeda,Supporting packages,"Storing very large data objects on a local drive, while still making it possible to manipulate the data in an efficient manner.",TRUE,TRUE,Adam Black,0 0 * * 0
-17,BigKnn,Supporting packages,A large scale k-nearest neighbor classifier using the Lucene search engine.,FALSE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 1 * * 0
-18,Cyclops,Supporting packages,"Highly efficient implementation of regularized logistic, Poisson and Cox regression.",TRUE,TRUE,Marc Suchard,0 2 * * 0
-19,DatabaseConnector,Supporting packages,"Connect directly to a wide range of database platforms, including SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.",TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 3 * * 0
-20,Eunomia,Supporting packages,A standard CDM dataset for testing and demonstration purposes that runs on an embedded SQLite database.,FALSE,TRUE,Frank DeFalco,0 4 * * 0
-21,FeatureExtraction,Supporting packages,Automatically extract large sets of features for user-specified cohorts using data in the CDM.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena,0 5 * * 0
-22,Hydra,Supporting packages,Hydrating package skeletons into executable R study packages based on specifications in JSON format.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena ,0 6 * * 0
-23,IterativeHardThresholding,Supporting packages,Performing L0-based regressions using Cyclops,TRUE,TRUE,Marc Suchard,0 7 * * 0
-24,OhdsiSharing,Supporting packages,Securely sharing (large) files between OHDSI collaborators.,FALSE,TRUE,Lee Evans,0 8 * * 0
-25,OhdsiShinyModules,Supporting packages,Contains shiny modules that can be used within shiny result interfaces,FALSE,TRUE,Jenna Reps,0 9 * * 0
-25,ParallelLogger,Supporting packages,"Support for parallel computation with logging to console, disk, or e-mail.",TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 10 * * 0
-26,ResultModelManager,Supporting packages,"A lightweight utility for data migrations allowing old results to work with new shiny apps and data visualisations.",FALSE,TRUE,Jamie Gilbert,0 13 * * 0
-27,ROhdsiWebApi,Supporting packages,Interact with OHDSI WebAPI web services.,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 11 * * 0
-28,SqlRender,Supporting packages,Generate SQL on the fly for the various SQL dialects.,TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 12 * * 0
+8,Characterization,Characterization,Various types of characterizations of a target and outcome cohort.,FALSE,TRUE,Jenna Reps,0 14 * * 0
+9,Capr,Cohort construction and evaluation,Develop and manipulate complex cohort definitions in R,FALSE,TRUE,Martin Lavallee,0 15 * * 6
+10,CirceR,Cohort construction and evaluation,"An R wrapper for Circe, a library for creating cohort definitions, expressing them as JSON, SQL, or Markdown.",FALSE,TRUE,Chris Knoll,0 16 * * 6
+11,CohortGenerator,Cohort construction and evaluation,Instantiating cohorts in a database based on a set of cohort definitions.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena,0 17 * * 6
+12,PhenotypeLibrary,Cohort construction and evaluation,The OHDSI Phenotype Library: a collection of community-maintained pre-definined cohorts.,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 18 * * 6
+13,CohortDiagnostics,Cohort construction and evaluation,Generate a wide set of diagnostics to evaluate cohort definitions against databases in the CDM.,FALSE,TRUE,Jamie Gilbert,0 19 * * 6
+14,PheValuator,Cohort construction and evaluation,"Semi-automated evaluation of cohorts, producing metrics suchs as sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative preditive value.",FALSE,TRUE,Joel Swerdel,0 20 * * 6
+15,CohortExplorer,Cohort construction and evaluation,Visually explore all individual-level data of patients in a cohort,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 21 * * 6
+16,EmpiricalCalibration,Evidence Quality,Use negative control exposure-outcome pairs to profile and calibrate a particular analysis design.,TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 22 * * 6
+17,MethodEvaluation,Evidence Quality,Use real data and established reference sets as well as simulations injected in real data to evaluate the performance of methods.,FALSE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 23 * * 6
+18,Andromeda,Supporting packages,"Storing very large data objects on a local drive, while still making it possible to manipulate the data in an efficient manner.",TRUE,TRUE,Adam Black,0 0 * * 0
+19,BigKnn,Supporting packages,A large scale k-nearest neighbor classifier using the Lucene search engine.,FALSE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 1 * * 0
+20,Cyclops,Supporting packages,"Highly efficient implementation of regularized logistic, Poisson and Cox regression.",TRUE,TRUE,Marc Suchard,0 2 * * 0
+21,DatabaseConnector,Supporting packages,"Connect directly to a wide range of database platforms, including SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.",TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 3 * * 0
+22,Eunomia,Supporting packages,A standard CDM dataset for testing and demonstration purposes that runs on an embedded SQLite database.,FALSE,TRUE,Frank DeFalco,0 4 * * 0
+23,FeatureExtraction,Supporting packages,Automatically extract large sets of features for user-specified cohorts using data in the CDM.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena,0 5 * * 0
+24,Hydra,Supporting packages,Hydrating package skeletons into executable R study packages based on specifications in JSON format.,FALSE,TRUE,Anthony Sena ,0 6 * * 0
+25,IterativeHardThresholding,Supporting packages,Performing L0-based regressions using Cyclops,TRUE,TRUE,Marc Suchard,0 7 * * 0
+26,OhdsiSharing,Supporting packages,Securely sharing (large) files between OHDSI collaborators.,FALSE,TRUE,Lee Evans,0 8 * * 0
+27,OhdsiShinyModules,Supporting packages,Contains shiny modules that can be used within shiny result interfaces,FALSE,TRUE,Jenna Reps,0 9 * * 0
+28,ParallelLogger,Supporting packages,"Support for parallel computation with logging to console, disk, or e-mail.",TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 10 * * 0
+29,ResultModelManager,Supporting packages,A lightweight utility for data migrations allowing old results to work with new shiny apps and data visualisations.,FALSE,TRUE,Jamie Gilbert,0 13 * * 0
+30,ROhdsiWebApi,Supporting packages,Interact with OHDSI WebAPI web services.,FALSE,TRUE,Gowtham Rao,0 11 * * 0
+31,SqlRender,Supporting packages,Generate SQL on the fly for the various SQL dialects.,TRUE,TRUE,Martijn Schuemie ,0 12 * * 0