What’s new?

July 5, 2023: HEDTools version 0.3.1 released

HEDTools version 0.3.1 has been released on PyPI.
See also hed-python on GitHub.
This patch includes improvement to models exception handling, minor bug fixes, and improvement of format for JSON format of remodeling summaries.

June 20, 2023: HEDTools version 0.3.0 released

HEDTools version 0.3.0 has been released on PyPI.
See also hed-python on GitHub.
This version uses the new DataFrame implementation of the models for improved efficiency.

June 14, 2023: HED brain initiative meeting video poster online.

HED video poster available until June 2024:
HED: Annotation standards and software infrastructure to enable sharing of analysis-reading neuroimaging and behavior data
Presented as part of the Brain Initiative Meeting 2023.

June 2, 2023: HED online tools have a new look.

The HED online tools at https://hedtools.ucsd.edu/hed have been redesigned and streamlined.

May 12, 2023: Version 3.2.0 of the HED specification released.

Version 3.2.0 of the HED specification introduces the Inset tag as well as partnered and rooted library schemas. This version is the first to support the curly brace notation in sidecars.

April 28, 2023: HED standard schema v8.2.0 released.

The HED schema v8.2.0 has just been released. This release supports the Inset tag for annotating intermediate points in an ongoing event as well as partnered library schemas.

April 25, 2023: HED playlist goes live on YouTube.

The Hierarchical Event Descriptor playlist is now available on YouTube. A 5-part short-course on HED (from OHBM 2022) has just been released.

April 6, 2023: Version 3.1.0 of the HED specification released.

Version 3.1.0 of the HED specification clarifies existing features.

HED validators will be able to link error messages directly to descriptions in the spec.

April 3, 2023: New versions of HED schema browser available.

You can now use a single HED Schema Browser to view both standard and library schemas.

A prelease viewer is available for viewing all prerelease HED schemas.

March 28, 2023: Release of HED Javascript validator for BIDS v3.9.0 on npm

The new version supports checking of onsets and offsets.

March 27, 2023: HED Workshop at CNS 2023

Title: Recording what happened during your experiment using Hierarchical Event Descriptors (HED)
Presenter: Scott Makeig UCSD and assisted by members of the HED Working Group.
Time and location: 12:15-1:15 pm Seacliff Room Hyatt Regency San Francisco Hotel.

March 24, 2023: HED is now on Twitter

Follow us at @HedDescriptors

March 22-23, 2023: HED at the 2023 Annual Assembly of the Global Brain Consortium

Directions in EEG data-sharing - panel co-chaired by Kay Robbins and Dora Hermes
Program and Registration

Feb 28, 2023: INCF Software Highlight on HED

Title: HED, a practical system for describing an experiment using an analysis-ready framework
Presenter: Kay Robbins UTSA, member of the HED Working Group.
Abstract.

February 22, 2023: HED YouTube Channel goes live

February 14, 2023: HEDTools 0.2.0 is released.

  • This release includes the HED remodeling tools.

  • Improved local caching and schema validation messages are included.

  • This is the first release with distinct stable, master, and develop branches.

January 28, 2023: HED SCORE Library v1.0.0 released

The HED score library schema v1.0.0 has been officially released. This library is based on the Standardized Computer-based Organized Reporting of EEG (SCORE) standard and adapted for annotation using the HED infrastructure and requirements. For more information see the SCORE schema library guide.

January 20, 2023: New preprint available

Actionable event annotation and analysis in fMRI preprint
Monique Denissen, Fabio Richlan, Jürgen Birkibauer, Mateusz Pawlik, Anna Ravenschlag, Nicole Himmelstoß, Florian Hutzler, Kay Robbins
Supporting materials and data are available at https://osf.io/93km8/.
Chapter to appear in the book Methods for analyzing large neuroimaging datasets edited by Robert Whelan and Herve Lemaitre.

January 4, 2023: New preprint available

End-to-end processing of M/EEG data with BIDS, HED, and EEGLAB preprint
Dung Truong, Kay Robbins, Arnaud Delorme, and Scott Makeig
Supporting materials and data are available at https://osf.io/8brgv/.
Chapter to appear in the book Methods for analyzing large neuroimaging datasets edited by Robert Whelan and Herve Lemaitre.

January 3, 2023: Project page live

New HED organization homepage goes live at https://www.hedtags.org.