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omock vs tern.rbmi

A side-by-side editorial comparison of omock and tern.rbmi — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

omock vs tern.rbmi: at a glance

Featureomocktern.rbmi
SectorAnalyticsAnalytics
Velocity score0.00.0
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesomop-cdm, synthetic-data, test-fixtures, health-datapharmaverse, multiple-imputation, cran-maintenance, tabulation
Last editorial update8h ago1h ago
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What is omock?

A mock-data generator for OMOP studies that keeps widening what it can fake.

omock builds synthetic OMOP Common Data Model tables so packages in the darwin-eu and OHDSI ecosystem can be tested without touching patient data. The 0.7.0 release adds concept set subsetting with its own vignette, unit and value support in mockMeasurement, observation date validation and cohort attrition initialization, while deprecating mockConcepts. Releases arrive as PR digests rather than written notes.

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What is tern.rbmi?

Reference-based multiple imputation tables, shipping only what CRAN checks demand.

tern.rbmi renders the output of {rbmi} reference-based multiple imputation analyses into tern tables for clinical reporting. Its three most recent releases exist to satisfy CRAN: restricting vignette builds to gcc, adding V8 to Suggests, and a plain resubmission. No user-facing functionality has changed in the visible window, and the three older entries now backfilled are version-bump automation.

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omock vs tern.rbmi: editorial side-by-side

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omock
ANALYTICS
0.0

A mock-data generator for OMOP studies that keeps widening what it can fake.

◆ Current state

omock builds synthetic OMOP Common Data Model tables so packages in the darwin-eu and OHDSI ecosystem can be tested without touching patient data. The 0.7.0 release adds concept set subsetting with its own vignette, unit and value support in mockMeasurement, observation date validation and cohort attrition initialization, while deprecating mockConcepts. Releases arrive as PR digests rather than written notes.

◆ Where it's heading

The package has been moving from generating tables to shipping and managing reference datasets — mockDatasets arrived in 0.4.0, mockCdmFromDataset gained a source argument in 0.5.0, and 0.6.1 added download retry handling plus an internal GiBleed dataset after the hosted files moved. The recent work is filling in CDM fidelity: type concepts, measurement units, attrition, and guards for degenerate cases like an empty person table.

◆ Prediction

Expect coverage to keep extending table by table toward the parts of the CDM that omock still cannot mock, with mockConcepts removed outright once the concept set subsetting path settles.

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tern.rbmi
ANALYTICS
0.0

Reference-based multiple imputation tables, shipping only what CRAN checks demand.

◆ Current state

tern.rbmi renders the output of {rbmi} reference-based multiple imputation analyses into tern tables for clinical reporting. Its three most recent releases exist to satisfy CRAN: restricting vignette builds to gcc, adding V8 to Suggests, and a plain resubmission. No user-facing functionality has changed in the visible window, and the three older entries now backfilled are version-bump automation.

◆ Where it's heading

This is a thin adapter package and behaves like one — it moves when CRAN or an upstream dependency forces it to. Between 2022 and 2024 the feed shows only version bumps, and the 2025 releases are packaging concerns rather than analysis changes. The newly surfaced 2022 entries reinforce rather than change that reading.

◆ Prediction

Expect the next release to be triggered by a CRAN check failure or an {rbmi} update rather than by new tabulation features.

Alternatives to omock and tern.rbmi

Other Analytics products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either omock or tern.rbmi.

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Recent activity from omock and tern.rbmi

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 1mo agoomockConcept set subsetting and richer measurement mocks
  2. 4mo agoomockDelphi dataset added and CDM version bumped
  3. 6mo agoomockDataset downloads survive the storage move
  4. 11mo agoomockJOSS submission tag alongside the 0.5.0 release
  5. 11mo agoomockmockCdmFromDataset gains a source argument
  6. 1y agotern.rbmiVignette built only under gcc
  7. 1y agoomockmockDatasets introduces bundled reference data
  8. 1y agotern.rbmiV8 added to Suggests
  9. 1y agotern.rbmiCRAN resubmission with dependency and workflow updates
  10. 3y agotern.rbmiAutomated release commit for 0.1.1
  11. 4y agotern.rbmiDevelopment version bump to 0.1.0.9004
  12. 4y agotern.rbmiCI automation commit, no release content

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between omock and tern.rbmi?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. omock and tern.rbmi are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is omock better than tern.rbmi?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. omock and tern.rbmi are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 0.0 vs 0.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Analytics products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to omock?

Top omock alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "omock alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/omock-r for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to tern.rbmi?

Top tern.rbmi alternatives in Analytics are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "tern.rbmi alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tern-rbmi for the full list with editorial commentary on each.