Table 1.

Major characteristics of three successful data-sharing processes developed for invasive human electrophysiology within the NIH Research Opportunities in Humans (ROH) Consortium

	Restoring Active Memory (RAM) project: Michael Kahana Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, and partners	Memory Intracranial Neural Dynamic (MIND) project: Ueli Rutrshauser Laboratory, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and partners	High-resolution single-unit recordings of cortical neurons dataset: Laboratories at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
Population	patients with refractory epilepsy	patients with refractory epilepsy	participants undergoing clinical intraoperative physiological recordings
Data type(s)	• electrocorticographic recordings • patient demographics • individual electrode contact atlas location and coordinates for localization • FreeSurfer files • D-cortical surface renderings • seizure onset zones • interictal spiking • behavioral event data for ten different memory tasks • open- and closed-loop brain stimulation tasks	• Electrophysiological recordings (single neurons and local field potentials) • patient demographics • behavior • task stimulus • task event timestamps • electrode locations	• high-resolution laminar recordings
Format(s)	BIDS	NWB	• SpikeGLX • OpenEphys
Archive(s)	University-hosted webpage	DANDI DABI	Dryad
Strategies for data sharing	• standardized file formats	• standardized file formats • outreach to unique users • publication and use of open-source software	• standardized file formats • publication and use of open-source software
Selected ways data have been reused	• education, training • analytical tool development	• outreach, education, and training • analytical tool development • scientific discovery (research)	• analytical tool development • raw data export and analysis
Benefits for data generator	• earty-stage investigator training and career advancement • reanalysis of existing data • facile dataset curation	• resolution of technical issues • enhanced lab productivity • identification of collaboration opportunities • facilitates reanalysls of existing data • use in teaching	• stimulated interest in intra-species comparison of brain • multidisciplinary collaboration