The Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) is an emerging standard for the organization of neuroimaging data.

In this repository, we develop the BIDS specification.

When to use BIDS

To organize your data in BIDS, all you need is neuro data, a computer, and the BIDS specification.

BIDS currently supports the following data modalities with more to come in the future:

• MRI
• MEG
• EEG
• iEEG
• behavioral
• physiological
• PET
• microscopy
• NIRS
• motion

Formatting your data with BIDS

As a dataset curator, the GitHub repository and all files therein can be safely ignored. Users should focus on the rendered content. The specification is provided in the form of a webpage, built using MkDocs and Read the Docs.

Want to learn more about working with BIDS? Have a question, comment, or suggestion?

1. Read some introductory material, most likely the very basic problems have already been addressed!

• BIDS Starter Kit for tutorials, wikis, templates, ...

2. Post your question in one of several channels where BIDS members are active

• the NeuroStars discourse forum
• the BrainHack Mattermost, for instant messaging (see also this news item)
• the Google group, for broader discussions surrounding BIDS
• the specification repository issue page, if you found inconsistencies, typos, or other issues with the BIDS specification itself

Contributing to BIDS

BIDS is a community-driven standard, and it depends on contributions from its members. We welcome new contributors, and we appreciate all contributions to the project!

For a current list of our contributors, please see our Contributors appendix.

When you're ready to get started, check out our contributing guidelines.

We ask that all contributions to BIDS across all project-related spaces (including but not limited to: GitHub, the Google group, and newsletter emails), adhere to our code of conduct.

Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people.

Aaron Oliver-Taylor 📖	Adam Li 📖 💻	Adam Thomas 📖	Adeen Flinker 📖	Adina S. Wagner 🎨 💻	Agah Karakuzu 💬 📖 🔣 🤔 💻	Aki Nikolaidis 📖
Alberto Lazari 📖	Alejandro de la Vega 🐛 💻 ⚠️	Alessio Giacomel 📖	Alex Rockhill 📖 🔧 💻	Alexander Jones 💻 🐛	Alexander L. Cohen 🐛 💻 📖 💬	Alexander von Lautz 📖
Alexandre Gramfort 📖 💡	Alexandre Hutton 📖	Alexandre Routier 📖	Alexandru Foias 📖 🔣	Ali Khan 📖	Ana Fouto 📓	Anders Eklund 📖 📢 💻
Andrea Pigorini 📖	Andrew Hoopes 📖	Andrew Jahn 📓	Andrew Janke 📖 💻	Anibal Sólon 💻 🐛	Anthony Galassi 📖 💻	Ariel Rokem 📖 💻
Arjen Stolk 📖	Arnaud Delorme 📖 💡 🤔	Arnaud Marcoux 📖	Arshitha Basavaraj 📖 🚇 💻	Ashley G. Gillman 📖	Athanasia Monika Mowinckel 📖	Aysegul Gunduz 📖
Azeez Adebimpe 📖	B. Nolan Nichols 📖	Balint Kincses 📖	Benjamin Beasley 📖	Benjamin Dichter 📖	Benjamin Gagl 📖	Bertrand Thirion 📖
Bradley Voytek 📖	Brett L. Foster 📖	Brian A. Wandell 📖	Brian N. Lundstrom 📖	Camille Maumet 📖	Carlo Miniussi 📖	Chloé Pasturel 📖
Chris Benjamin 📖	Chris Gahnström 📖	Chris Holdgraf 📖 🤔 💻	Chris J. Gorgolewski 📖 💻 💬 🤔 🔍 📢 📝 💡 🔌	Chris Rorden 📖 💻	Christian Büchel 📖	Christian Horea 💻 📖
Christine Rogers 🔣 📖 🤔 🚇 🔧	Christophe Phillips 📖	Christopher J. Honey 📖	Christopher J. Markiewicz 💬 🐛 💻 📖 🎨 💡 🤔 🔌 👀 🔧 📢 🔣 📋 🚧	Christopher Lee-Messer 📖	Clara Moreau 📖	Clint Hansen 📖 🤔
Cyril Pernet 💬 📝 📖 🎨 💡 📋 🤔 📢	Cyrus Eierud 📖	D. Sturgeon 💻	Dan Levitas 📖	Dan Lurie 🤔 📖 🔧 🔌 💻 💬	Daniel A. Handwerker 📖	David Alsop 📖
David Boas 📖	David Groppe 📖	David Keator 📖	David McAlpine 📖	David Thomas 📖 🔣	Dejan Draschkow 📖	Dianne Patterson 📖
Dimitri Papadopoulos Orfanos 📖 💡 🤔 💬 💻	Dmitry Petrov 📖 💻	Dora Hermes 📖 💻 ✅ 🔍 🤔	Dorien Huijser 📖	Douglas N. Greve 📖	Duncan Macleod 📖 🚇	Dung Truong 📖 💻 🔧 🤔
Dylan Nielson 📖 💻 🔧	Eduard Ort 📖 💻	Eleonora Marcantoni 📖	Elizabeth Bock 📖 💡	Elizabeth DuPre 📖 💡 🔍 🤔 💬 💻	Elke Warmerdam 🔣 📖	Erdal Karaca 💻
Eric A. Earl 📖 💬 🐛 🚧 🔧 🤔 💻	Eric Achten 📖 🔣 📓	Eric Bridgeford 📖 🔧	Erin W. Dickie 📖 🤔 👀 📢 💬 💻	Ethan Blackwood 👀 📖	Eugene P. Duff 📖	Ezequiel Mikulan 📖 💻
Felipe Orihuela-Espina 📖	Fidel Alfaro Almagro 💬 📖 💡 🔌	Filip Szczepankiewicz 📖	Filippo Maria Castelli 📖 🔣	Franco Pestilli 📖 💻 🎨 💡 🤔 👀 🔧 📋 🔍 🚇	Franklin W. Feingold 📋 📝 ✅ 💬 🤔 🎨 📢 👀 🚇 🖋 📆 💻	François Tadel 📖 🔌 💡
Gaia Rizzo 📖	Gang Chen 📖	Gaël Varoquaux 📖	Ghislain Vaillant 💻	Giacomo Bertazzoli 📖	Giacomo Guidali 📖	Giacomo Mazzamuto 📖 🔣
Gilles de Hollander 📖	Gio Piantoni 📖	Gitte M. Knudsen 📖	Giulio Castegnaro 📖	Giuseppe Gallitto 📖	Graham Searle 📖	Granville J. Matheson 📖
Gregory Kiar 📖 💻 🎨 🔧	Gregory Noack 📖 💻 ⚠️	Greydon Gilmore 📖 💻	Guillaume Flandin 📖 💻	Gunnar Schaefer 📖	Gustav Nilsonne 📖	Hamish Innes-Brown 📖
Hanne D. Hansen 📖	Hanzhang Lu 📖	Hao-Ting Wang 📖 🐛	Helena Cockx 📖 🤔 💬	Henk Mutsaerts 💬 🐛 💻 📖 💡 📋 🤔 📆 📢 📓	Hernando Ombao 📖	Hugo Boniface 📖 💻
Ilkay Isik 📖	Ilona Lipp 📖	International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility 💵 📋	Iris Groen 📖	Isla Staden 📖	Jaap von der Aar 📖	Jakub Kaczmarzyk 📖 🔧 🚇
James Gholam 📖	James Kent 💬 💻	Jan Mathijs Schoffelen 📖	Jan Petr 💬 🐛 💻 📖 🔣 💡 📋 🤔 📆 ⚠️ 📢	Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen 📖	Jean-Baptiste Poline 📖 📢 🤔 🎨 💻	Jean-Christophe Houde 📖 💻
Jean-Dominique Gallezot 📖	Jean-Philippe Lachaux 📖	Jeanette Mumford 📖	Jeffrey G. Ojemann 📖	Jeffrey S. Grethe 💬 🐛 ✅ 📢 💻	JegouA 💻	Jelle Dalenberg 📖
Jeremy Moreau 📖 💡	Jessica A. Turner 📖	Jochem Rieger 📖	John Detre 📖	John Pellman 📖	John T. Wodder 💻	Joke Durnez 📖 🔧 💻
Jon Haitz Legarreta Gorroño 💻 📖	Jonathan C. Lau 📖	Jonathan Winawer 📖	Joost Kuijer 📖	Jose Manuel Saborit 📖	Joseph Wexler 📖 💡	Joseph Woods 📖
Julia Guiomar Niso Galán 🤔 🎨 🔍 👀 📋 📝 🔧 🐛 💻 🔣 ✅ 💬 📖 💡 📢	Julia Sprenger 📖	Julien Cohen-Adad 📖 🔣 🤔	Julius Welzel 📖 💡 🐛 💻 🔣 🤔 💬 📓	Kai J. Miller 📖	Kangjoo Lee 📖	Katja Heuer 🔧
Kay Robbins 💻 📖 🐛	Kevin Larcher 💬	Kimberly Ray 📖 📋 🤔 📆	Kirstie Whitaker 📖 💡 🔍 🤔 📢 💬 💻	Klara Gregorova 📖	Klaus Gramann 📖 🤔	Kris Thielemans 📖
Kristofer Bouchard 📖	Kurt Schilling 📖	Laura and John Arnold Foundation 💵	Leandro Beltrachini 📖	Lee Kamentsky 📖	Lennart Walger 📖	Lennart Wittkuhn 📖
Liberty Hamilton 📖	Luca Pollonini 📖	Luis Hernandez-Garcia 📖 📓	Luke J. Edwards 📖 💬	Lyuba Zehl 📖	Mainak Jas 📖 💻	Manjari Narayan 📖
Manuel Mercier 📖 🤔	Maqsood Yaqub 📖	Marc Lalancette 📖 💻	Marco Castellaro 💬 🐛 💻 📖 💡 ⚠️ 📢 🚇	Maria de la Iglesia 📖	Marie-Hélène Bourget 📖 🔣 💻 🤔	Mark Mikkelsen 📖
Markus Morawski 📖	Marta Bortoletto 📖	Martin Craig 🔣	Martin Noergaard 📖 🔣 💻 🤔 📢	Martin Szinte 📖	Martin Wilson 📖	Martina Bulgari 📖
Mateusz Pawlik 📖 🐛 🤔 🚧 👀	Mathias Goncalves 💻 🔧 📢	Mathieu Boudreau 💬 🤔 📢	Matt Sanderson 📖 💻	Matteo Tonietto 📖	Matthias Günther 📖	Matthias Van Osch 📖
Maureen J Shader 📖	Maurice Pasternak 📓	Max A. van den Boom 💻 👀 📖 🐛	Melanie Ganz-Benjaminsen 📖 🔣 💻 🤔 📆 🔍 📢	Michael Chappell 📖 🔣 📆	Michael Hanke 📖 🤔 🔧 🐛 📢	Michael P. Harms 📖 ⚠️ 🔧
Michael P. Milham 💡 🔍	Michael P. Notter 💬 📝 ✅ 📢 📖	Michael Schirner 📖	Mikaël Naveau 🐛	Nader Pouratian 📖	Natalia Petridou 📖	National Institute of Mental Health 💵
Nell Hardcastle 💻 📖 🤔 🚇 👀 💬	Nicholas Traut 📖 🔧 💻	Nick F. Ramsey 📖	Nicole C. Swann 📖	Nima Bigdely Shamlo 📖	Olivier David 📖	Orrin Devinsky 📖
Oscar Esteban 📖 🔧 🤔 💬 💻	Pamela LaMontagne 📖 💡	Parul Sethi 📖 🔧 ⚠️ 💻	Patricia Clement 💬 🐛 💻 📖 🔣 💡 📋 🤔 📆 ⚠️ 📢	Patrick Park 📖 💡 💬 💻	Paule-Joanne Toussaint 📖	Peer Herholz 💬 📖 👀 🔧 ✅ 📢
Petra Ritter 📖	Pierre Rioux 📖	Pieter Vandemaele 📖 💻	Pradeep Reddy Raamana 💻 🔧	R. Cameron Craddock 📖 📢	Remi Gau 📖 💻 💬 📢 🐛 💻 🚇 👀 🔧 🤔	Richard Höchenberger 📖 💻
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Soichi Hayashi 📖 🔧 🐛	Stefan Appelhoff 📖 💬 🤔 🐛 💡 💻 👀 ⚠️ 📢 ✅ 🔧 🔌 📝 🚧 🔣	Stephan Bickel 📖	Suyash Bhogawar 📖 💡 ⚠️ 🔧 💬	Sylvain Baillet 📖 🔍	Sylvain Takerkart 📖	Sébastien Tourbier 🤔 👀 📢 🐛 💻 📖
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