Maximising the value of data with Minimal Information about a Neuroscience Investigation

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Event Abstract Back to Event Maximising the value of data with Minimal Information about a Neuroscience Investigation Phillip Lord1* and Frank Gibson1 1 Newcastle University, United Kingdom Electrophysiological data is high-cost, high-value information; despite this the vast majority is not shared within the neuroscience community limiting reuse, and reducing the potential value of the data to theneurosciences as a whole. The CARMEN project is addressing this need, providing a public repositorywhere this data can be uploaded, stored and shared. However,raw data on it's own is not enough; without a clear description of the context--the experimental design, conditions and purpose--the data is of limited use. Moreover, this description needs to be common, shared and usable by computer; paper-style methods and materials are not enough. To this end, we have developed MINI--Minimal Information about a Neuroscience Investigation; this captures the essential metadata, describing an experiment, which will enable neuroscientists and neuroinformaticians to disseminate, interpret and evaluate the data they produce. Conference: Neuroinformatics 2008, Stockholm, Sweden, 7 Sep - 9 Sep, 2008. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Electrophysiology Citation: Lord P and Gibson F (2008). Maximising the value of data with Minimal Information about a Neuroscience Investigation. Front. Neuroinform. Conference Abstract: Neuroinformatics 2008. doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.11.2008.01.105 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 28 Jul 2008; Published Online: 28 Jul 2008. * Correspondence: Phillip Lord, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom, phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Phillip Lord Frank Gibson Google Phillip Lord Frank Gibson Google Scholar Phillip Lord Frank Gibson PubMed Phillip Lord Frank Gibson Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.