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In *_channels.tsv for MEG, EEG, and iEEG data, all column names except for software_filters and units are in the singular form. software_filters being plural does make sense because one may specify multiple filters per channel.
For units, however, I think the current specification introduces an inconsistency: to my knowledge, only a single measurement unit can be reasonably assigned to any given channel.
I would therefore propose to deprecate the units column in favor of a unit column.
Screenshot of the MEG specs:
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I brought up some time in 2018 or 2019, but it was always deemed low impact and annoying, so we skipped it. Tracked here: bids-standard/bids-2-devel#15
In
*_channels.tsv
for MEG, EEG, and iEEG data, all column names except forsoftware_filters
andunits
are in the singular form.software_filters
being plural does make sense because one may specify multiple filters per channel.For
units
, however, I think the current specification introduces an inconsistency: to my knowledge, only a single measurement unit can be reasonably assigned to any given channel.I would therefore propose to deprecate the
units
column in favor of aunit
column.Screenshot of the MEG specs:
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: