[okfn-dev] [Nipy-devel] data package source

Matthew Brett matthew.brett at gmail.com
Wed Dec 8 19:26:28 UTC 2010


Hi,

> Regression testing might require large real data-sets and we should be
> careful about the size of the data-set that this package will provide.
>
> one option is to consider the use of xnat as an alternative for storing the
> data ( on central.xnat.org) and the data-pkg will simply use pyxnat to
> query/retrieve relevant data to the local machine. (i'm cc:ing yannick).
> please also consider the connectome file-format as a way of describing
> stored data.

In due course, when we've stabilized on a good solution for the small
datasets, I am sure that we will start thinking harder about the
larger ones.

Best,

Matthew




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