Stefan Appelhoff

see related PR for assigning a BEP number: https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-website/pull/287

I don't think we have a rule in BIDS that the data format chosen for a dataset must be consistent :thinking: although it **is** a bit weird to mix them...

> We do check whether someone has both .nii and .nii.gz files, as this is a somewhat common issue. but does it say in the spec, that these shouldn't be...

> I think we had added this section in the spec, no? what we added there was: - there MUST NOT be `data_a.jpg` and `data_a.tif` in the same dataset However,...

> I think we should probably go step by step here to make sure that nothing breaks. agreed However I think one of the biggest problems is this: https://github.com/sccn/xdf/wiki/Markers-Meta-Data ...

> Maybe some domain-specific preprocessing could be an option? Yes, a current solution is to read each stream separately into mne Raw objects (via mnelab), then do the processing, then...

> I mean, if this is a common operation for eyetracking streams it might be worth including it as an option. Yes, unlike in EEG or other time series, NaN...

Thanks for the report. If you have a suggestion for a fix, that'd also be welcome. > with the format 'c,rf', and the sample data has the format 'e,rf', which...

> FWIW MNE-BIDS has been using absolute imports for many years, maybe @sappelhoff would care to share the reasoning behind and experience with that? I have always tried to recommend...

bids-standard/bids-specification#858 has been merged, so the corresponding check in the validator could/should be worked on. Suggestions on where to start would be very welcome @rwblair :-)