The past, present, and future of the brain imaging data structure (BIDS)

• Published in: Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2024-03, Vol.2, p.1-19
• Main Authors: Poldrack, Russell A., Markiewicz, Christopher J., Appelhoff, Stefan, Ashar, Yoni K., Auer, Tibor, Baillet, Sylvain, Beltrachini, Leandro, Benar, Christian G., Bertazzoli, Giacomo, Bhogawar, Suyash, Blair, Ross W., Bortoletto, Marta, Boudreau, Mathieu, Calhoun, Vince D., Castelli, Filippo Maria, Clement, Patricia, Cohen-Adad, Julien, D’Ambrosio, Sasha, de Hollander, Gilles, de la Vega, Alejandro, Delorme, Arnaud, Devinsky, Orrin, Draschkow, Dejan, Duff, Eugene Paul, DuPre, Elizabeth, Earl, Eric, Esteban, Oscar, Feingold, Franklin W., Flandin, Guillaume, Galassi, Anthony, Gallitto, Giuseppe, Ganz, Melanie, Gau, Rémi, Gholam, James, Ghosh, Satrajit S., Giacomel, Alessio, Gillman, Ashley G., Gleeson, Padraig, Guay, Samuel, Guidali, Giacomo, Halchenko, Yaroslav O., Handwerker, Daniel A., Hardcastle, Nell, Herholz, Peer, Hermes, Dora, Honey, Christopher J., Innis, Robert B., Ioanas, Horea-Ioan, Jahn, Andrew, Karakuzu, Agah, Keator, David B., Kiar, Gregory, Kincses, Balint, Laird, Angela R., Lau, Jonathan C., Lazari, Alberto, Legarreta, Jon Haitz, Li, Adam, Li, Xiangrui, Love, Bradley C., Lu, Hanzhang, Marcantoni, Eleonora, Maumet, Camille, Meisler, Steven L., Mikkelsen, Mark, Mutsaerts, Henk, Nichols, Thomas E., Nikolaidis, Aki, Niso, Guiomar, Norgaard, Martin, Oostenveld, Robert, Ort, Eduard, Park, Patrick J., Pawlik, Mateusz, Pestilli, Franco, Phillips, Christophe, Pollonini, Luca, Raamana, Pradeep Reddy, Ritter, Petra, Rizzo, Gaia, Rockhill, Alexander P., Rogers, Christine, Rorden, Chris, Routier, Alexandre, Salo, Taylor, Schirner, Michael, Spisak, Tamas, Sprenger, Julia, Swann, Nicole C., Szinte, Martin, Takerkart, Sylvain, Thirion, Bertrand, Thomas, Adam G., Torabian, Sajjad, Varoquaux, Gael, Voytek, Bradley, Welzel, Julius, Wilson, Martin, Yarkoni, Tal, Gorgolewski, Krzysztof J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Computer Science; data organization; data standard; Engineering, computing & technology; Human health sciences; Ingénierie, informatique & technologie; neuroimaging; neuroinformatics; Neurologie; Neurology; Review; Sciences de la santé humaine
• ISSN: 2837-6056; 2837-6056
• DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00103

The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is a community-driven standard for the organization of data and metadata from a growing range of neuroscience modalities. This paper is meant as a history of how the standard has developed and grown over time. We outline the principles behind the project, the mechanisms by which it has been extended, and some of the challenges being addressed as it evolves. We also discuss the lessons learned through the project, with the aim of enabling researchers in other domains to learn from the success of BIDS.