BEP-038: Atlases

[effigies]

This PR proposes the inclusion of BEP-038 into the BIDS specification.

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At present this is a starting point, and I anticipate significant rewriting and reorganization before final merge. There is extensive discussion in #1281 that needs to be turned into concrete proposals. I would suggest keeping the discussion on this PR minimal so that newcomers can follow the thread. When opening PRs against this branch, please include a reference to this PR (#1714) so that it shows up in the thread.

Rendered draft

https://bids-specification--1714.org.readthedocs.build/en/1714/atlas.html

Related discussions

• BEP Proposal: Atlas specification #1281
• ... (to be added to)

[CPernet]

@erdalkaraca @tsalo this has passed the review period now, can this be checked and merged? thx

[oesteban]

I'm working on a review. Please hold on.

[effigies]

I also have not finished my review/proposed changes. I am unlikely to get to it before the meeting next week as I am traveling for another meeting this week.

[effigies]

This BEP currently needs:

1. Schema implementation of required checks and filename rules
2. Examples implementing all significant (ideally all) features proposed to https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-examples
3. Implementation of all rules in https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-validator and tested on the examples.
4. A two week public review period announced on all communication channels.

I'm converting this to draft to reflect this status. I'm going to temporarily restrict comments, pending synchronous discussion.

[francopestilli]

Hi, Folks,

Thanks for helping with this BEP. It was great to see several of you at OHB<

I would like to kindly ask to go back to this BEP and make a decision before OHBM. We have a few proposals to pick from (see here), most of them would be fine with @PeerHerholz and myself.

What are the pending issues that would need to be resolved?

@effigies @CPernet @oesteban @PeerHerholz @melanieganz @sappelhoff @christinerogers @tsalo @erdalkaraca @jdkent