Methods for Specifying Scientific Data Standards and Modeling Relationships with Applications to Neuroscience.

ABSTRACT: Neuroscience continues to experience a tremendous growth in data; in terms of the volume and variety of data, the velocity at which data is acquired, and in turn the veracity of data. These challenges are a serious impediment to sharing of data, analyses, and tools within and across labs. Here, we introduce BRAINformat, a novel data standardization framework for the design and management of scientific data formats. The BRAINformat library defines application-independent design concepts and modules that together create a general framework for standardization of scientific data. We describe the formal specification of scientific data standards, which facilitates sharing and verification of data and formats. We introduce the concept of Managed Objects, enabling semantic components of d

SUBMITTER: Rubel O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095137 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature