Glossary

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.dscalar.niiConnectivity Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
.dlabel.niiConnectivity Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
.dtseries.niiConnectivity Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
.eegBrainVision Data Format
.fastq / .fqFASTQ
.nii / .nii.gzNeuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
.swcSWC
.vmrkBrainVision Data Format
.vhdrBrainVision Data Format
ABDNAfrican Brain Data Network
AD Knowledge PortalSynapse AMP-AD
ADNIAlzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
ADOAlzheimer’s Disease Ontology
African Brain Data NetworkABDN
Agence du Numérique en SantéANS
Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR Open Science Policy
AIBSAllen Institute for Brain Science
ALBAALBA Network
ALBA DeclarationALBA Declaration on Equity and Inclusion
ALBA Declaration on Equity and InclusionALBA Network
ALBA NetworkALBA Network
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging InitiativeADNI
Alzheimer’s Disease OntologyADO
AMP-ADSynapse AMP-AD
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical ClassificationATC
AnnDataAnnotated Data (h5ad format)
ANRAgence Nationale de la Recherche Science Ouverte
ANR Open ScienceANR Open Science Policy
ANSAgence du Numérique en Santé
AP-HPAssistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris
ARDCAustralian Research Data Commons
arXivarXiv
arXiv.orgarXiv
Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de ParisAP-HP
ATCAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification
ATC/DDDAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification
Australian Research Data CommonsARDC
BAM CRAM
Banque ADN et CellulesBanque ADN et Cellules ICM
Banque ADN ICMBanque ADN et Cellules
Baromètre Français de la Science OuverteBarometre Science Ouverte
Base Nationale de Données Maladies RaresBNDMR
BBMRIBiobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
BBMRI-ERICBiobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure
BCFVariant Call Format
BIABioImage Archive
BICANBRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas Network
BIDSBrain Imaging Data Structure
BIDS GovernanceBIDS Steering Group
BIDS Steering GroupBIDS Steering Group
Bio-FormatsBio-Formats
BioImage ArchiveBioImage Archive
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research InfrastructureBBMRI-ERIC
bioRxivbioRxiv
BNDMRBase Nationale de Données Maladies Rares
BRAIN InitiativeNIH BRAIN Initiative
BRAIN Initiative Cell Atlas NetworkBICAN
Brain Imaging Data StructureBIDS
Brain Research International Data Governance & ExchangeBRIDGE
Brain-CODEBrain-CODE
BrainCODEBrain-CODE
BrainLifeBrainLife.io
BrainLife.ioBrainLife.io
BrainVisionBrainVision Data Format
BrainVision Core Data FormatBrainVision
BrainVision Data FormatBrainVision
BRIDGEBrain Research International Data Governance & Exchange
BSOBaromètre Français de la Science Ouverte
C-BIGClinical Biospecimen Imaging and Genetic Repository
C-BIGRClinical Biospecimen Imaging and Genetic Repository
CA24148EEG101 COST Action
Canadian Open Neuroscience PlatformCONP
Catalysing a United Response in Europe to Neurodegenerative DiseasesCURE-ND
CATICentre d’Acquisition et de Traitement des Images
CATI NeuroimagingCATI
CCAMClassification Commune des Actes Médicaux
CDISCClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
CEACommissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
CELLxGENECZ CELLxGENE Discover
CellxGeneCELLxGENE
CENIRCentre de NeuroImagerie de Recherche
Center for Global Clinical Research DataVIVLI
Center for Open ScienceOpen Science Framework
Centre d’Acquisition et de Traitement des ImagesCATI
Centre d’Investigation Clinique NeurosciencesCIC Neurosciences
Centre de NeuroImagerie de RechercheCENIR
ChEBIChemical Entities of Biological Interest
Chemical Entities of Biological InterestChEBI
CIC-1422CIC Neurosciences
CIC NeurosciencesCentre d’Investigation Clinique Neurosciences
CIC Pitié NeurosciencesCIC Neurosciences
CIFTIConnectivity Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
CIFTI-2CIFTI
CIM-10International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
CLCell Ontology
Classification Commune des Actes MédicauxCCAM
CleanWEBCleanWEB
Clinical Biospecimen Imaging and Genetic RepositoryC-BIG
Clinical Data Interchange Standards ConsortiumCDISC
Clinical Genome ResourceClinGen
Clinical Trials Information SystemCTIS
ClinGenClinical Genome Resource
ClinVarClinVar
CNILCommission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés
CNRS Open ScienceCNRS Open Science
CoARACoalition for Advancing Research Assessment
Coalition for Advancing Research AssessmentCoARA
Code de la Santé PubliqueCode de la Sante Publique
cOAlition SPlan S
Cognitive AtlasCognitive Atlas
Cohort360Entrepôt de Données de Santé AP-HP
Comité pour la Science OuverteCoSO
Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des LibertésCNIL
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternativesCEA
CONPCanadian Open Neuroscience Platform
Connectivity Informatics Technology Initiative File FormatCIFTI
CoSOComité pour la Science Ouverte
CRAM CRAM
CSPCode de la Santé Publique
CTISClinical Trials Information System
CTGClinicalTrials.gov
CURE-NDCatalysing a United Response in Europe to Neurodegenerative Diseases
CZ CELLxGENECELLxGENE
DACData Analysis Core
DANDIDANDI Archive
DANDI ArchiveDANDI Archive
Data Analysis CoreDAC
Data Catalog VocabularyDCAT
DataCiteDataCite
DataLadDataLad
data.gouv.frdata.gouv.fr
Database of Genotypes and PhenotypesdbGaP
DCATData Catalog Vocabulary
DCCNDonders Institute
dbGaPDatabase of Genotypes and Phenotypes
dbSNPNCBI Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
DDBJDNA Data Bank of Japan
Defined Daily DoseAnatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification
Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative ErkrankungenDZNE
DICOMDigital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
Digital Imaging and Communications in MedicineDICOM
DINUM open datadata.gouv.fr
DNA Data Bank of JapanDDBJ
Donders InstituteDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and BehaviourDonders Institute
DORASan Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
DORANumOPIDoR
DMP OPIDoROPIDoR
Dublin CoreDublin Core Metadata Initiative
Dublin Core Metadata InitiativeDublin Core
DZNEGerman Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases
EATRISEuropean Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure
EBIEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory
EBRAINSEBRAINS
EC Open ScienceEuropean Commission Open Science Policy
EC Open Science PolicyEuropean Commission Open Science Policy
ECRINEuropean Clinical Research Infrastructure Network
EDFEuropean Data Format
EDF+European Data Format
EDS AP-HPEntrepôt de Données de Santé AP-HP
EEG101Fundamentals of Open & Rigorous EEG Science
EGAEuropean Genome-phenome Archive
EHDSEuropean Health Data Space Regulation
ELIXIRELIXIR Europe
ELIXIR RDMkitRDMkit
ELIXIR-FRInstitut Français de Bioinformatique
EMBLEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory
EMBL-EBIEMBL
EMPIARElectron Microscopy Public Image Archive
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive
Electron Microscopy Public Image ArchiveEMPIAR
ENIGMAENIGMA Consortium
ENIGMA ConsortiumENIGMA Consortium
Entrepôt de Données de Santé AP-HPEDS AP-HP
Entrepôt national de données de rechercheRecherche Data Gouv
EOSCEuropean Open Science Cloud
ERN-EpiCAREERN Vocabularies
ERN vocabulariesERN Vocabularies
ERN-RNDERN Vocabularies
ERN VocabulariesEuropean Reference Network Vocabularies
ESFRIEuropean Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures
Etalabdata.gouv.fr
EuBIEuro-BioImaging
Euro-BioImagingEuro-BioImaging ERIC
EudraCT successorCTIS
European Advanced Translational Research InfrastructureEATRIS
European Bioinformatics InstituteEMBL
European Clinical Research Infrastructure NetworkECRIN
European Data FormatEDF
European Genome-phenome ArchiveEGA
European Health Data Space RegulationEHDS
European Molecular Biology LaboratoryEMBL
European Nucleotide ArchiveENA
European Open Science CloudEOSC
European Open Science PolicyEC Open Science Policy
European Reference Network VocabulariesERN Vocabularies
European Strategy Forum on Research InfrastructuresESFRI
European Variation ArchiveEVA
EVAEuropean Variation Archive
F-CRINFrench Clinical Research Infrastructure Network
FAIRFAIR Principles
FAIR PrinciplesFAIR Principles
FAIRsharingFAIRsharing
Fast Healthcare Interoperability ResourcesHL7 FHIR
FASTQFASTQ
FBIFrance BioImaging
FHIRFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
FHIR R4HL7 FHIR
FHIR R5HL7 FHIR
figshareFigshare
FigshareFigshare
Findable Accessible Interoperable ReusableFAIR Principles
FLIFrance Life Imaging
FNSOPlan National pour la Science Ouverte
France BioImagingFrance BioImaging
France GénomiqueFrance Génomique
France Life ImagingFrance Life Imaging
French Bioinformatics InstituteIFB
French Clinical Research Infrastructure NetworkF-CRIN
French Open Science MonitorBarometre Science Ouverte
French Public Health CodeCode de la Sante Publique
Friedman Brain InstituteMount Sinai Neuroscience
G-NodeGerman Neuroinformatics Node
GA4GHGlobal Alliance for Genomics and Health
GA4GH PhenopacketsPhenopackets
GA4GH VRSVariation Representation Specification
GDPRGeneral Data Protection Regulation
Gene OntologyGene Ontology
General Data Protection RegulationGDPR
GEONCBI Gene Expression Omnibus
German Centre for Neurodegenerative DiseasesDZNE
German Neuroinformatics NodeG-Node
GFRNGlobal Federation of Reproducibility Networks
GIS IBiSAIBiSA
Global Alliance for Genomics and HealthGA4GH
Global Federation of Reproducibility NetworksGFRN
GOGene Ontology
Groupe de Travail Gestion des Données en MicroscopieGT-GeDeM
GT-GeDeMGroupe de Travail Gestion des Données en Microscopie
h5adAnnotated Data (h5ad format)
HALHyper Articles en Ligne
HAL-CNRSHAL
HAL-InsermHAL
HBPHuman Brain Project
HCPHuman Connectome Project
HDHHealth Data Hub
HDR UKHealth Data Research UK
Health Data HubHealth Data Hub
Health Data Research UKHDR UK
HealthData@EUEuropean Health Data Space Regulation
HEDHierarchical Event Descriptors
Hierarchical Event DescriptorsHED
Huma-NumHuma-Num
Human Brain ProjectHuman Brain Project
Human Connectome ProjectHuman Connectome Project
Human Phenotype OntologyHPO
Hyper Articles en LigneHAL
HL7 FHIRFast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
HPOHuman Phenotype Ontology
htslib formatsSAM-BAM-CRAM
i2b2Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside
IBiSAInfrastructures en Biologie Santé et Agronomie
IBLInternational Brain Laboratory
IBROInternational Brain Research Organization
ICMParis Brain Institute
ICM BiobankBanque ADN et Cellules
ICM Data Analysis CoreDAC
ICM Genomics and Sequencing PlatformiGENSEQ
ICM Neuroimaging CentreCENIR
iCRINInfrastructure for Clinical Research in Neurosciences
IDALONI Image and Data Archive
IDRImage Data Resource
IFBInstitut Français de Bioinformatique
iGenSeqiGENSEQ
iGENSEQICM Genomics and Sequencing Platform
IHEIntegrating the Healthcare Enterprise
IHU-A-ICMInstitut de Myologie
Image Data ResourceIDR
Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedsidei2b2
Infrastructure de Recherche Translationnelle pour les Biothérapies en NeurosciencesNeurATRIS
Infrastructure for Clinical Research in NeurosciencesiCRIN
Infrastructures en Biologie Santé et AgronomieIBiSA
Infrastructures Nationales en Biologie SantéINBS
INBSInfrastructures Nationales en Biologie Santé
INCFInternational Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility
INSERM CIC-1422CIC Neurosciences
Inserm DSOInserm Open Science
Inserm Open ScienceInserm Open Science
Institut CurieInstitut Curie
Institut de MyologieInstitut de Myologie
Institut du CerveauParis Brain Institute
Institut Français de BioinformatiqueIFB
Institut PasteurInstitut Pasteur
Institute of MyologyInstitut de Myologie
Integrating the Healthcare EnterpriseIHE
International Brain LaboratoryIBL
International Brain Research OrganizationIBRO
International Classification of Diseases, 10th RevisionICD-10
International Classification of Diseases, 11th RevisionICD-11
International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd EditionICD-O-3
International Neuroinformatics Coordinating FacilityINCF
International Rare Diseases Research ConsortiumIRDIRC
IRDiRCIRDIRC
IRDIRCInternational Rare Diseases Research Consortium
ICD-10International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
ICD-11International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision
ICD-OInternational Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition
ICD-O-3International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd Edition
ICD-O-3.2ICD-O-3
Joint Programme Neurodegenerative Disease ResearchJPND
JPNDJoint Programme Neurodegenerative Disease Research
LONI IDALONI Image and Data Archive
LONI Image and Data ArchiveLONI IDA
Logical Observation Identifiers Names and CodesLOINC
LOINCLogical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
Longitudinal Online Research and Imaging SystemLORIS
LORISLongitudinal Online Research and Imaging System
MedDRAMedical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities
Medical Dictionary for Regulatory ActivitiesMedDRA
Medical Subject HeadingsMeSH
medRxivmedRxiv
MeSHMedical Subject Headings
MISSPARC Data Structure
Mission LucidityMission Lucidity
MNIMontreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
MONDOMonarch Disease Ontology
Monarch Disease OntologyMONDO
Montreal Neurological InstituteMNI
Montreal Neurological Institute-HospitalMNI
Mount Sinai NeuroscienceMount Sinai Neuroscience
MUDIS4LSMutualised Digital Spaces for FAIR Data in Life and Health Sciences
MuDiS4LSMUDIS4LS
Mutualised Digital Spaces for FAIR Data in Life and Health SciencesMUDIS4LS
Nash Family Department of NeuroscienceMount Sinai Neuroscience
National Health Data SystemSNDS
NBONeurobehavior Ontology
NCBI ClinVarClinVar
NCBI Database of Single Nucleotide PolymorphismsdbSNP
NCBI GEONCBI Gene Expression Omnibus
NCBI Gene Expression OmnibusNCBI GEO
NCITNCI Thesaurus
NCI ThesaurusNCIT
NDANIMH Data Archive
NeMO ArchiveNeuroscience Multi-Omic Archive
NEMARNeuroElectroMagnetic data Archive and tools Resource
NeoNeo
NeurATRISNeurATRIS
NeurobagelNeurobagel
Neurobehavior OntologyNBO
NeuroElectroMagnetic data Archive and tools ResourceNEMAR
NeuroMLNeural Open Markup Language
NeuroML2NeuroML
NeuroMorphoNeuroMorpho.Org
NeuroMorpho.OrgNeuroMorpho
NeurosynthNeurosynth
NeurostarsNeurostars
NeuroVaultNeuroVault
Neural Open Markup LanguageNeuroML
Neuroimaging Data ModelNIDM
Neuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File FormatNIfTI
Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources ClearinghouseNITRC
Neuroscience Information FrameworkNIF
Neuroscience Multi-Omic ArchiveNeMO Archive
NIFNeuroscience Information Framework
NIDMNeuroimaging Data Model
NIDM-ExperimentNIDM
NIDM-ResultsNIDM
NIfTINeuroimaging Informatics Technology Initiative File Format
NIfTI-1NIfTI
NIfTI-2NIfTI
NIH BRAIN InitiativeNIH BRAIN Initiative
NIH DMS PolicyNIH Data Management and Sharing Policy
NIMH Data ArchiveNIMH Data Archive
NipoppyNeurobagel
NLM Drug TerminologyRxNorm
NITRCNeuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse
NITRC-IRNITRC
NITRC-RNITRC
NOT-OD-21-013NIH Open Science Policy
NPOSOpen Science NL
NWBNeurodata Without Borders
NWB GovernanceNWB Working Group
NWB Working GroupNWB Working Group
NWB:NNWB
Neurodata Without BordersNWB
OBCOpen Brain Consent
OBOOpen Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry
OBO FoundryOpen Biological and Biomedical Ontology Foundry
Observational Health Data Sciences and InformaticsOHDSI
Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data ModelOMOP CDM
OHDSIObservational Health Data Sciences and Informatics
OMEOpen Microscopy Environment
OME ConsortiumOME
OME File FormatsOME-TIFF and OME-NGFF
OME Remote ObjectsOMERO
OME-NGFFOME File Formats
OME-TIFFOME File Formats
OME-ZarrOME File Formats
OMEROOMERO
OMIMOnline Mendelian Inheritance in Man
OMOPObservational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model
OMOP CDMObservational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model
Ontario Brain InstituteOntario Brain Institute
Online Mendelian Inheritance in ManOMIM
Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology FoundryOBO Foundry
Open Brain ConsentOpen Brain Consent
Open Microscopy EnvironmentOME
Open Researcher and Contributor IDORCID
Open Science FrameworkOSF
openEHRopenEHR
openMINDSOpen Metadata Initiative for Neuroscience Data Structures
OpenAIREOpenAIRE
OpenNeuroOpenNeuro
OPIDoROPIDoR
ORCIDOpen Researcher and Contributor ID
ORADOrganisme Responsable de l’Accès aux Données de Santé
Organisme Responsable de l’Accès aux Données de SantéORAD
OrphanetOrphanet
ORDOOrphanet Rare Disease Ontology
Orphanet Rare Disease OntologyORDO
ORPHAORDO
OSFOpen Science Framework
OSIRISOSIRIS
Ouvrir la SciencePlan National pour la Science Ouverte
Paris Brain InstituteParis Brain Institute
PasteurInstitut Pasteur
PBIParis Brain Institute
PhenopacketsGA4GH Phenopacket Schema
PICT-IBiSAInstitut Curie
PID OPIDoROPIDoR
Plan National pour la Science OuverteOuvrir la Science
Plan ScOAlition S
PNSOOuvrir la Science
PROVW3C PROV Ontology
PROV-OW3C PROV Ontology
Protocols.ioprotocols.io
Public-nEUroPublic-nEUro
python-neoNeo
QUAREP-LiMiQuality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments and Images in Light Microscopy
Quality Assessment and Reproducibility for Instruments and Images in Light MicroscopyQUAREP-LiMi
Radboud DondersDonders Institute
RDAResearch Data Alliance
RDGRecherche Data Gouv
RDMkitELIXIR Research Data Management Toolkit
Recherche Data GouvRecherche Data Gouv
Recommended Metadata for Biological ImagesREMBI
REDCapResearch Electronic Data Capture
REDCap+REDCap
RefSNPNCBI Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
Regieorgaan Open ScienceOpen Science NL
Regulation (EU) 2016/679GDPR
Regulation (EU) 2025/327EHDS
REMBIRecommended Metadata for Biological Images
ReproducibiliTeaReproducibiliTea
ReproNimReproducible Neuroimaging
Reproducible NeuroimagingReproNim
Research Data AllianceRDA
Research Electronic Data CaptureREDCap
Research Organization RegistryROR
Research Resource IdentifiersRRID
Réseau Thématique de Microscopie Fonctionnelle Multi-échellesRTmfm
RGPDGDPR
RIKEN Brain Science InstituteRIKEN CBS
RIKEN BSIRIKEN CBS
RIKEN CBSRIKEN Center for Brain Science
RIKEN Center for Brain ScienceRIKEN CBS
RORResearch Organization Registry
RRIDResearch Resource Identifiers
RTmfmRéseau Thématique de Microscopie Fonctionnelle Multi-échelles
RxNormRxNorm
Sage BionetworksSynapse AMP-AD
SAM CRAM
SAM-BAM-CRAM CRAM
San Francisco Declaration on Research AssessmentDORA
SDSSPARC Data Structure
Second PNSOOuvrir la Science
Sequence Alignment Map / Binary Alignment Map / CRAMSAM-BAM-CRAM
Sequence Read ArchiveSRA
SeuratSeurat
SNDSSystème National des Données de Santé
SNIIRAMSNDS
SNOMEDSNOMED CT
SNOMED CTSystematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms
Software HeritageSoftware Heritage
Sorbonne UniversitySorbonne Université
Sorbonne UniversitéSorbonne Universite
SPARCSPARC Data Structure
SPARC SDSSPARC Data Structure
SRANCBI Sequence Read Archive
SUSorbonne Université
SWCSWC
SynapseSynapse AMP-AD
Synapse AMP-ADSynapse AMP-AD
Système National des Données de SantéSNDS
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical TermsSNOMED CT
Tanenbaum Open Science InstituteTOSI
TGIR Huma-NumHuma-Num
The FloreyThe Florey
The NeuroMontreal Neurological Institute-Hospital
The Neuro Open ScienceTOSI
The Turing WayThe Turing Way
TOSITanenbaum Open Science Institute
TransCelerateTransCelerate BioPharma
TransCelerate BioPharmaTransCelerate
Translational Research Infrastructure for Biotherapies in NeurosciencesNeurATRIS
TTWThe Turing Way
Turing WayThe Turing Way
UBERONUber Anatomy Ontology
Uber Anatomy OntologyUBERON
UK BiobankUK Biobank
UK Dementia Research InstituteUK DRI
UK DRIUK Dementia Research Institute
UKBUK Biobank
UNESCO Open Science RecommendationUNESCO Open Science Recommendation
VCFVariant Call Format
Variant Call FormatVCF
Variation Representation SpecificationVRS
VIVLICenter for Global Clinical Research Data
Vrije UniversiteitVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
VRSVariation Representation Specification
VUVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
VU AmsterdamVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
W3C DCATData Catalog Vocabulary
W3C PROV OntologyPROV-O
W3C Provenance OntologyPROV-O
XNATExtensible Neuroimaging Archive Toolkit
Extensible Neuroimaging Archive ToolkitXNAT
Yale Open Data AccessYODA Project
YODA ProjectYale Open Data Access
ZenodoZenodo