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docs(ephys): clarify electrode name uniqueness requirement
bendichter Dec 8, 2025
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Merge branch 'bep032' into bpe032-electrode-name-uniqueness
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Expand Up @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ This file contains the following information:
- The electrode coordinates in 3 columns (`xyz`) (use `n/a` for values if a dimension is absent).
- The ID of the probe the electrode is located on

The electrode `name` MUST be unique within the `*_electrodes.tsv` file. When a dataset contains multiple probes, electrode names can be constructed by combining the contact identifier (as provided by the probe manufacturer or principal investigator) with the `probe_name` to ensure uniqueness. For example, if two probes each have a contact labeled "1", the electrode names could be "probe01_e1" and "probe02_e1" to distinguish them.
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The electrode `name` MUST be unique within the `*_electrodes.tsv` file. When a dataset contains multiple probes, electrode names can be constructed by combining the contact identifier (as provided by the probe manufacturer or principal investigator) with the `probe_name` to ensure uniqueness. For example, if two probes each have a contact labeled "1", the electrode names could be "probe01_e1" and "probe02_e1" to distinguish them.
The electrode `name` MUST be unique within the `*_electrodes.tsv` file. When a dataset contains multiple probes, electrode names can be constructed by combining the contact identifier (as provided by the probe manufacturer or user-defined) with the `probe_name` to ensure uniqueness. For example, if two probes each have a contact labeled "1", the electrode names could be "probe01_e1" and "probe02_e1" to distinguish them.

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Minor: "principal investigator" isn't used elsewhere in BIDS so adapted it to what is commonly used. Otherwise, looks good to me.


{{ MACROS___make_columns_table("microephys.microephysElectrodes") }}

### Electrode Position Coordinates
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