Metadata models & schemas

Version 16.1 by lzehl on 2021/02/22 16:27

The openMINDS metadata models all consist of modular connectable metadata schemas. Each schema can be referenced by it's type and defines properties (including their expected value) for a set of related metadata.

Please find the HTML description for all schemas of each openMINDS metadata model in the corresponding sub-pages. A short overview for each openMINDS metadata model can be found below.

Note that all metadata models are licensed under the MIT license.

openMINDS core

The openMINDS core metadata model contains schemas that can be used to describe the general origin, resource location, and content of research products in the field of neuroscience. Currently ( Feb 2021) this metadata model comprises 37 usable schemas, grouped into five classes:

ACTORS
Affiliation
ContactInformation
Contribution
Organization
Person

DATA
ContentType*
Copyright
FileBundle
FileInstance
FileRepository
Hash
License*

MISCELLANEOUS
DigitalIdentifier
DigitalIdentifierSchema*
Funding
QuantitativeValue
QuantitativeValueRange

PRODUCTS
Dataset
DatasetVersion
MetaDataModel
MetaDataModelVersion
Model
ModelVersion
Project
Software
SoftwareVersion

RESEARCH
ParameterSetting
Protocol
ProtocolExecution
Subject
SubjectGroup
SubjectGroupState
SubjectState
TissueSample
TissueSampleCollection
TissueSampleCollectionState
TissueSampleState

In case of EBRAINS, metadata representations (instances) of the schemas marked with an asterisk are centrally defined and maintained on a separate GitHub to guarantee more consistency across the database instances of the Knowledge Graph (cf. section openMINDS instances).

For details, contributing or reviewing examples please checkout as well the corresponding GitHub repository:

https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_core

openMINDS SANDS

The openMINDS SANDS (Spatial Anchoring for Neuroscience Data Structures) metadata model contains schemas that can be used to capture the anatomical location of neuroscience data as well as to identify and highlight commonly used reference brain atlases and coordinate spaces. Currently (Feb 2021) this metadata model comprises 12 metadata schemas:

AnatomicalEntity
AnatomicalEntityRelation
Annotation
AtlasTerminology

BrainAtlas
BrainAtlasVersion
CoordinatePoint
CoordinateSpace

Electrode
ElectrodeArray
ElectrodeContact
Image

For details, contributing or reviewing examples please checkout as well the corresponding GitHub repository:

https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_SANDS

openMINDS controlledTerms - schemas

The openMINDS controlledTerms metadata model contains schemas that ensure consistent registration of well-defined terms, including linkages to existing ontological terms where applicable. Currently (Feb 2021) this metadata model comprises 38 nearly identical schemas:

AgeCategory
AnatomicalAxesOrientation
BehavioralTask
BiologicalSex
CellType
ContributionType
CriteriaQualityType
DatasetType
Disease
DiseaseModel
EthicsAssessment
FileBundleGrouping
FileUsageRole

Genotype
Language
Laterality
MetaDataModelType
Modality
ModelAbstractionLevel
ModelScope
OperatingDevice
OperatingSystem
Organ
Phenotype
PreparationType
ProductAccessibility

ProgrammingLanguage
QualitativeOverlap
SoftwareApplicationCategory
SoftwareFeature
Species
Strain
Technique
TermSuggestion*
Terminology
TissueSampleType
TypeOfUncertainty
UnitOfMeasurement

Except for TermSuggestion (marked with an asterisk), the openMINDS controlledTerms metadata schemas differ only in their type which defines the name of the terminology the correspondingly controlled terms are registered to (cf. openMINDS controlledTerms - terminologies). Compared to these schemas, the TermSuggestion has one additional property ("terminology") where users can state to which terminology the new suggested (not yet controlled) term belongs to. 

For details, contributing or reviewing examples please checkout as well the corresponding GitHub repository:

https://github.com/HumanBrainProject/openMINDS_controlledTerms

openMINDS instances

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Public

openMINDS