Supplement: NeuroSys: Neuroinformatics for Neural System

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案是对我们当前的人脑项目I期资助# NIH-NIMH R01MH064416标题为NeuroSys：神经系统的神经信息学的补充。当前第一阶段项目的目标是开发一个半结构化的数据库环境，使神经科学研究人员能够构建和维护他们自己的实验室内部数据库，用于解剖和时间序列数据，以及b)增强他们与不同地点的合作者交换数据和分析工具的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a supplement to our current Human Brain Project Phase I Grant # NIH-NIMH R01MH064416 titled NeuroSys: Neuroinformatics for Neural Systems. The goal of this current Phase I project is to develop a semi-structured database environment that will a) enable neuroscience researchers to construct and maintain their own in-lab databases for anatomical and time-series data, and b) enhance their ability to exchange data and analysis tools with their collaborators at different sites. We propose to extend and enhance our project in 3 specific areas: 1. We will build and administer a centralized meta-data cache to service multiple user groups, in order to create an environment that fosters, encourages and accelerates the grass-roots evolution of commonly accepted controlled vocabularies (http://dublincore.org) for describing data in several sub-disciplines of Neuroscience. 2. We will administer the NeuroSys Database Project as a public, fully functional open-source community; to enable contributions of software modules from other interested members of the Neuroscience community. 3. We will accelerate the development of several crucial software components, to allow an easier release of a prototype system to an extended group of interested users. This project will address the growing need to provide mechanisms for biomedical researchers to be able to annotate the data produced in their own laboratories promote collaboration among investigators and enable data sharing among members of the neuroscience and general biomedical research community