Poll - Data release package - Minimum of Data Analysis Required - Community Discussion

[Sarruedi]

Hi everyone,

What should the minimum data analysis requirements look like for a data release paper? Let's start the discussion collection a quick overview and feedback across the community.

Here's a Google Form to get a quick overview for next week.
Please feel free to add suggestions/comments in case anything is missing:

https://forms.gle/ykszEdEnPqzpfgF56

https://forms.gle/ykszEdEnPqzpfgF56

[lrudelt]

Hi Sarah, thank you for creating the form. Currently, the link was only working for me when copying it to the browser. Don't know why this is happening, maybe just a problem on my side.

Regarding the form: only a single answer can be selected at the moment, could you modify the form so that one can select multiple options?

[lrudelt]

I post here again the link to the table where more details regarding potential work packages can be found or added:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QjYpEhyf6c0zeP7t1C0Ij5IZM7dgLoouh8CUaL7qzU4/edit?usp=sharing

[Sarruedi]

Hi Sarah, thank you for creating the form. Currently, the link was only working for me when copying it to the browser. Don't know why this is happening, maybe just a problem on my side.

Regarding the form: only a single answer can be selected at the moment, could you modify the form so that one can select multiple options?

Hi Lucas, I edited the form and updated the link. Please let me know if if works now

[lrudelt]

Yes it works :) There is a second link appearing now that is broken, but the first one is fine.

[jeromelecoq]

A useful reference is this paper : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02214-y

This was reviewed and published as a data release paper.

A few key sections required :

Background & Rationale

• Why the dataset exists
• What gap it fills

Methods

• Experimental design (stimuli, animals, recording setup)
• Acquisition details (e.g., 2P settings, Neuropixels config)
• Preprocessing steps
• Visual stimulation details
• Behavior tracking

Data records

Data table :

1. List of experiments
2. List of animals

• Overview of data
• Exact description of files deposited
• File formats (e.g., NWB, HDF5)
• Where it’s hosted
• Animal and recording session attributes
• Unit tracking

Technical validation

• show data quality
• signal-to-noise
• stability
• reproducibility

Usage Notes

• How others should use the dataset
• Caveats / limitations

[jeromelecoq]

Here is a scaffold for a data release paper based on those : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A4aj5E1jsv-XihPt2_6K0TKMnwvtiMAFau3qJUcOV-I/edit?usp=sharing

Obviously this is just a draft and should be informed by the poll and table that Sarah and Lucas put together.

[Sarruedi]

Hi everyone,

We received only very limited engagement with the online form. Including me 4 entries so far. Please feel free to add your perspective before today's meeting.

[Sarruedi]