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Welcome to the Open Metadata Initiative!

The Open Metadata Initiative was founded to create a non-profit entity for open-source, expert and community-driven projects that are dedicated to metadata management and harmonization.

Currently the Open Metadata Initiative hosts the following projects:

  • openMINDS - a metadata framework for linked data in neuroscience ➡️ ReadTheDocs

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  1. openMINDS_core openMINDS_core Public

    The openMINDS core metadata model includes schemas that can be used to describe the general origin, location and content of research products.

    23 19

  2. openMINDS_SANDS openMINDS_SANDS Public

    A metadata model capturing Spatial Anchoring of Neuroscience Data Structures, including brain atlas definitions.

    Python 13 11

  3. openMINDS_controlledTerms openMINDS_controlledTerms Public

    Metadata model for the consistent registration of well-defined terms as well as a corresponding library of terminologies (including links to ontological terms where applicable).

    7 12

  4. openMINDS_ephys openMINDS_ephys Public

    A metadata model for capturing in-depth descriptions of electrophysiology experiments.

    6 6

  5. bids2openminds bids2openminds Public

    A tool to generate openMINDS metadata from BIDS datasets

    Python 5 6

  6. openMINDS_MATLAB openMINDS_MATLAB Public

    A MATLAB toolbox for generating openMINDS-compliant linked metadata.

    MATLAB 4 3

Repositories

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  • openMINDS_MATLAB Public

    A MATLAB toolbox for generating openMINDS-compliant linked metadata.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_MATLAB’s past year of commit activity
    MATLAB 4 MIT 3 12 1 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS Public

    Complete collection of schemas for the metadata models of the openMINDS metadata framework. All schemas are formatted in the openMINDS syntax (*.schema.omi.json).

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS’s past year of commit activity
    1 MIT 3 15 3 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_chemicals Public Forked from Peyman-N/openMINDS_chemicals

    A metadata model for capturing in-depth descriptions of chemical substances and mixtures.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_chemicals’s past year of commit activity
    2 MIT 2 2 1 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_Python Public

    Python package for the openMINDS metadata models. The package contains all openMINDS schemas as Python classes in addition to schema base classes and utility methods.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_Python’s past year of commit activity
    Python 1 MIT 2 16 2 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_documentation Public

    Read-The-Docs documentation for the openMINDS metadata framework.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_documentation’s past year of commit activity
    0 MIT 4 27 3 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_instances Public

    Well defined metadata instances for selected schemas of the openMINDS metadata models.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_instances’s past year of commit activity
    Python 3 MIT 14 84 50 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_controlledTerms Public

    Metadata model for the consistent registration of well-defined terms as well as a corresponding library of terminologies (including links to ontological terms where applicable).

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_controlledTerms’s past year of commit activity
    7 MIT 12 6 0 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_core Public

    The openMINDS core metadata model includes schemas that can be used to describe the general origin, location and content of research products.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_core’s past year of commit activity
    23 MIT 19 33 2 Updated Jul 23, 2025
  • openMINDS_publications Public

    A metadata model for scholarly publications in neuroscience, including live papers

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_publications’s past year of commit activity
    0 MIT 2 3 0 Updated Jul 14, 2025
  • openMINDS_actions Public

    CI/CD pipelines for openMINDS repositories using GitHub Actions.

    openMetadataInitiative/openMINDS_actions’s past year of commit activity
    Python 0 MIT 1 3 0 Updated Jun 26, 2025