The open Metdata Inititative for Neuroscience Data Structures:

openMINDS
Dr. Lyuba Zehl
@ Satellite Symposium, IBI Data Standards and Sharing Working Group, SfN 2022

Jülich Research Centre, Institute for Neuroscience & Medicine (INM1)
Product Owner: openMINDS | Co-Lead: EBRAINS Curation Team

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data descriptions within the same database.
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standardization efforts.

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data descriptions within the same database.
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standardization efforts.

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status: upcoming version 3.0.0 release… is a comprehensive metadata framework forneuroscience graph database systems.

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SANDS
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specimenPrep
chemicals
stimulation
computation
publication
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toolingmetadata
models… allows for generalist as well as specialist
data descriptions within the same database.
… can include or map to various
standardization efforts.

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status: upcoming version 3.0.0 release… is a comprehensive metadata framework forneuroscience graph database systems.

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SANDS
ephys
specimenPrep
chemicals
stimulation
computation
publication
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toolingmetadata
models… allows for generalist as well as specialist
data descriptions within the same database.
… can include or map to various
standardization efforts.

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status: upcoming version 3.0.0 release… is a comprehensive metadata framework forneuroscience graph database systems.

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SANDS
ephys
specimenPrep
chemicals
stimulation
computation
publication
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specimenPrep
chemicals
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publication
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You want to learn more or contribute?
openminds@ebrains.eu
https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS

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You want to learn more or contribute?
openminds@ebrains.eu
https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS

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Thank you for listening! Your openMINDS team:
Lyuba Zehl (lead) Big Data Analytics, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM1), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
Andrew Davison Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceUlrike Schlegel Neural Systems Laboratory, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayPeyman Najafi Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, FranceOliver Schmid (EBRAINS KG liaison) EBRAINS AISBL
Stefan Köhnen Big Data Analytics, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM1), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
Jan Gründling Human-Computer Interaction, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
Benjamin Weyers Human-Computer Interaction, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
Heidi Kleven Neural Systems Laboratory, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Eivind Hennestad Neural Systems Laboratory, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Tom Gillespie (InterLex liaison) INCF, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States of America
Mathew Abrams (Knowledge Space liaison) INCF, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Acknowledgements:
openMINDS is developed in part or in whole in the Human Brain Project, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programmefor Research and Innovation under Specific Grant Agreements No. 720270, No. 785907, and No. 945539 (Human Brain Project SGA1, SGA2, andSGA3). We also deeply thank the team members of the EBRAINS Curation Service, the EBRAINS Knowledge Graph and the EBRAINS Atlas
Service for their constant feedback and support. A special thanks goes out to the EBRAINS Curation team for all the valuable feedback!

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