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ENH: provide RECOMMENDATION of the "Last, First" form for the Authors…
yarikoptic Nov 12, 2025
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Introduce "person_name" format and use for elements in Authors
yarikoptic Nov 13, 2025
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/metaschema.json
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"datetime",
"file_relative",
"participant_relative",
"person_name",
"rrid",
"stimuli_relative",
"time",
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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions src/schema/objects/formats.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ participant_relative:
without starting with "/" (an absolute path) or "sub/"
(a relative path starting with the participant directory, rather than relative to that directory).
pattern: '(?!/)(?!sub-)[0-9a-zA-Z+/_\-.]+'
person_name:
display_name: Name of a person
description: |
Name for a person in a single string with clear disambiguation of First (Given) and Last (Family)
name(s). Should follow `Last Names, First Names` convention.
pattern: '.+, .+'
rrid:
display_name: Research resource identifier
description: |
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
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Expand Up @@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ Authors:
display_name: Authors
description: |
List of individuals who contributed to the creation/curation of the dataset.
It is RECOMMENDED to use `Last, First` form to ensure clear separation of
First (Given) from Last (Family) name(s).
type: array
items:
type: string
format: person_name
B0FieldIdentifier:
name: B0FieldIdentifier
display_name: B0 Field Identifier
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- stimuli_relative
# Miscellaneous
- hed_version
- person_name
FrameAcquisitionDuration:
name: FrameAcquisitionDuration
display_name: Frame Acquisition Duration
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions tools/schemacode/src/bidsschematools/tests/test_schema.py
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Expand Up @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def test_formats(schema_obj):
"stimuli_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
"dataset_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
"participant_relative": ["any/arbitrary/path/file.txt"],
"person_name": ["Last, First", "Many Last, a Few Firsts"],
"rrid": ["RRID:SCR_017398"],
"uri": ["foo://example.com:8042/over/there?name=ferret#nose"],
"bids_uri": [
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