@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ the smallest unit of acquisition). In other words:
5454- If more than one of the same measurement tool is acquired within
5555 the same ` session_id ` , a ` run_id ` column MUST be added.
5656
57- - Encoding the acquisition time for a measurement tool’s ` session_id ` ,
58- is RECOMMENDED. This information MUST be stored in the ` sessions.tsv `
59- file at the root level of the dataset in the ` acq_time ` column.
57+ - A measurement tool’s acquisition time SHOULD be stored in the ` sessions.tsv `
58+ file at the root-level of the dataset in the ` acq_time ` column.
6059
6160<!-- This block generates a columns table.
6261The definitions of these fields can be found in
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ and a guide for using macros can be found at
6968Furthermore, if you have to add a ` session_id ` column to the tabular phenotypic data,
7069you then MUST also introduce a session directory to the imaging data,
7170even if only one imaging session has been created.
72- This rule can be considered as "** if anyone uses sessions, everyone uses sessions.** "
71+ This guideline can be considered as "** if anyone uses sessions, everyone uses sessions.** "
7372And vice versa, if imaging data has session directories,
7473all imaging data and tabular phenotypic data MUST have sessions.
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@@ -108,28 +107,14 @@ The sessions file MUST list all sessions for all subjects across
108107imaging and tabular phenotypic data. The data dictionary JSON file’s
109108` session_id ` field MUST include ` Levels ` with the description of each ` session_id ` .
110109
111- ### 8. Use either root-level sessions file or participant-level sessions files, but not both
112-
113- When you use a sessions file at the dataset-level,
114- you MUST NOT provide additional sessions files at the participant-level
115- as this might conflict with the inheritance principle.
116-
117- ### 9. Record acquisition time of all sessions with ` acq_time `
110+ ### 8. Record acquisition time of all sessions with ` acq_time `
118111
119112It is RECOMMENDED to store acquisition time[ <sup >2</sup >] ( #footnotes )
120113for tabular phenotypic data and store the time of acquisition of each row
121114inside a column named ` acq_time ` in the sessions file.
122115This is consistent with how acquisition time is recorded for MRI data
123116and other time-sensitive measurements (for example systolic blood pressure).
124117
125- ### 10. Respect participant privacy when recording acquisition times
126-
127- When needed to preserve participant privacy, you SHOULD record
128- relative acquisition times with respect to the earliest session.
129- Relative session acquisition times MAY be listed as durations from
130- the earliest session (baseline) in days, months, or years
131- using the ` acq_time ` column.
132-
133118## Summary
134119
135120This appendix described guidelines for best tabular phenotypic data.
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