BIDS - Bryant McGill

# BIDS **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **BIDS** is a concept or analytic term. [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]] is associated with **BIDS**. The entry centers on the concept's meaning, practical use, and boundaries, together with the examples that make the distinction operational rather than merely verbal. Dates, quantities, and named relationships retain their source-qualified status in the sections below. ## Relationships  This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], and [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Standards and interoperability - [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]] is associated with **BIDS**.  ## Research Edges  #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 379 — [[wiki/DANDI|DANDI]] `data_standard` → this entry** — **PRIOR_NEUROTECH_VERIFIED**; evidence `DANDI_DOC`.  ## Research Inferences  These entries translate the forward-looking register in [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]] into ordinary wiki prose. The tier labels apply to the inference, not automatically to every factual anchor inside it. The interpretive frame comes from [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0253 — Established.** BIDS standardized how neuroimaging datasets are laid out on disk, and adoption spread because it made tooling composable rather than because it was mandated. Voluntary structural conventions outperform imposed schemas, which is the relevant lesson for continuity formats.  ## Research Inference Attractors  These are secondary semantic placements for the inference attractor network. Each statement keeps its original ID and tier; its canonical cluster page links back to every destination. Source register: [[research/Research Inferences|Research Inferences]]. Interpretive context: [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] and [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]]. Collection route: [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **INF-0271 — Plausible.** Escrowing both a state and its interpreter with a neutral third party is standard practice for critical software dependencies. Applying the same instrument to hosted persons requires no innovation, only a willing escrow agent and a defined trigger. - **Canonical cluster:** [[wiki/Continuity Governance|Continuity Governance]] - **INF-0273 — Analytic.** Firms participate in standards bodies to make their implementation the reference implementation, which is a documented and ordinary commercial strategy. Expecting neurotechnology standards to be authored by disinterested parties contradicts how every prior standards domain has operated. - **Canonical cluster:** [[wiki/Continuity Governance|Continuity Governance]]