BIDS Examples: Lightweight BIDS-Compliant Structures for Software Testing

BIDS Examples provides a set of BIDS-compliant directory structures containing empty raw data files, maintained by the bids-standard organization. Updated in February 2026, these examples serve as a reference for the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard across various neuroimaging modalities.

Use Cases

• Validating BIDS-validator logic against official directory hierarchies
• Testing automated metadata parsing from BIDS JSON sidecar files
• Verifying file-path construction in neuroimaging software pipelines

Strengths

• Official BIDS-standard compliance
• Minimal storage footprint for testing
• Maintained by the bids-standard core team

Limitations

• Zero-byte raw data files prevent signal analysis
• Limited to structural and metadata validation

Provenance

Source

bids-standard organization

Collection Method

Synthetic construction for standard adherence

Freshness

Last updated February 2026.