Open Wearables Initiative

Open Wearables Initiative, also known as OWEAR, is a digital health and clinical research platform focused on improving the use of wearable- and sensor-derived health measures in research and drug development. The organization operates a community hub for indexing, distributing, and benchmarking open-source algorithms and datasets used to analyze wearable sensor data. Its emphasis is on creating de facto standards, metadata schemas, and searchable resources that help researchers, technology developers, and life sciences companies adopt high-quality digital measures in clinical studies. Rather than developing therapeutic products, OWEAR supports the digital medicine ecosystem through software infrastructure, algorithm benchmarking, and open scientific collaboration.