title: Neurodata Without Borders: Creating a Common Data Format for Neurophysiology.
abstract: The Neurodata Without Borders (NWB) initiative promotes data standardization in neuroscience to increase research reproducibility and opportunities. In the first NWB pilot project, neurophysiologists and software developers produced a common data format for recordings and metadata of cellular electrophysiology and optical imaging experiments. The format specification, application programming interfaces, and sample datasets have been released.
authors.affiliation: Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffery L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Teeters
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Godfrey
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Chinh
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.affiliation: Physion LLC, 1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Friedsam
authors.affiliation: Physion LLC, 1 Broadway, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA.
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wark
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asari
authors.affiliation: Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peron
authors.affiliation: Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
authors.forename: Nuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University, East River Science Park, 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Adrien
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peyrache
authors.affiliation: Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
authors.forename: Gennady
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Denisov
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Siegle
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.affiliation: The Kavli Foundation, 1801 Solar Drive, Suite 250, Oxnard, CA 93030, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: The Kavli Foundation, 1801 Solar Drive, Suite 250, Oxnard, CA 93030, USA.
authors.forename: Miyoung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.affiliation: Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
authors.forename: Shreejoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tripathy
authors.affiliation: Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Blanche
authors.affiliation: UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, UK; UCL Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, London WC1E 6DE, UK.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York University, East River Science Park, 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: György
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Buzsáki
authors.affiliation: Allen Institute for Brain Science, 615 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meister
authors.affiliation: Janelia Research Campus, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Svoboda
authors.affiliation: Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Electronic address: fsommer@berkeley.edu.
authors.forename: Friedrich T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Sommer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D009482:Neurophysiology; D009488:Neurosciences; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design