NDI¶
About¶
NDI (Neuroscience Data Interface) is a cross-platform interface standard for reading neuroscience data and storing the results of analyses. Who inspires NDI?
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As an analyst, I want to quickly open my colleagues' data, regardless of its format and organization, so we can make discoveries.
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As a researcher, I want my data records and analysis steps to be annotated and both human and machine readable, so I can review my teammates' work and share these annotated results with the world. I want these annotations to occur in situ, not as a separate step that I do later.
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As a physiologist/imager, I want my analysis routines to have access to my data the instant it is recorded, so I can make choices about how to proceed during my experiment.
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As an analyst, I want to write one set of analysis routines that do not need to be revised to work with new data formats or new data organizations.
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As a scientist, I want to search for data or analyses from other researchers.
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As an amateur, I want to be able to access scientists' raw data to perform my own analyses.
Availability¶
A mature prototype of NDI is available in Matlab and a version for Python is well under construction.
Installation¶
Check out the Installation Guide.
Pre-print¶
Check out the NDI pre-print available on biorxiv.
Help and Support¶
Use the issue tracker to submit questions, bugs, and issues.
Financial Support¶
Supported by the NIH BRAIN Initiative informatics group, grant MH114678.