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Welcome to SPARC

  • What is SPARC?
  • Why SPARC?
    • SPARC is an Open Data Repository
    • Submit to SPARC
    • Data Sharing and Management Costs for NIH Grant Proposals
      • Publishing costs for the SPARC Portal
    • Is SPARC HIPAA Compliant?
  • Sustainable SPARC
  • What Can I Do with SPARC?

Finding and Using Data

  • SPARC Portal Overview
  • SPARC Infrastructure
    • SPARC Portal Data Repository Structure
    • APIs and Open Access Code
    • SPARC Portal Schema
    • SPARC Systems Status
  • Data & Models
    • Navigating Datasets on SPARC
    • Anatomical Models: Organ Scaffolds
  • Viewers
    • Gallery Viewer
    • Image Viewer
    • Integrated Maps Viewer
    • Plot Viewer
    • Scaffold Viewer
    • Segmentation Viewer
    • Simulation Viewer
    • SPARC dataset (SDS) Viewer
    • Video Viewer
  • Data Re-Use
    • SPARC Open Dataset Structure
    • Public Datasets Download and Access
    • Embargoed Datasets
    • o²S²PARC Services
    • o²S²PARC Simulations
    • MAP Re-Use
      • Organ Scaffold Maps
      • Create your own visualization
    • Citing Datasets & Resources
      • Citing SPARC Datasets and Models in Manuscripts
      • Citing a Dataset from the Manifest JSON file
    • Measuring Re-use
  • SPARC Python Client
  • SPARC Portal Login
  • Portal Development
    • SPARC Portal Known Issues
    • Supported Browsers

SPARC Apps

  • SPARC Apps Overview
  • MAPs
    • Flatmaps
    • AC Flatmap Viewer
      • Controls
      • Sidebar in Maps
    • FC Flatmap Viewer
      • Controls
    • 3D Whole Body Map
      • Controls
    • Multiple Views in Maps
    • MAP Tools Resource Page
  • o2S2PARC
    • Key o²S²PARC features
  • SCKANNER

Contributing Data & Models

  • Submission Overview
  • Getting Ready to Submit
    • Defining your SPARC Dataset or Model
    • Formatting SPARC Datasets
    • SPARC Workspace on Pennsieve
    • Best Practices
      • Guidelines for Effective SPARC Dataset Titles and Descriptions
      • Subjects, Samples, and Identifiers
      • Protocol Best Practices
      • Data Upload Best Practices
  • Submit: Submission Walkthrough
    • Create Your Protocol
    • Prepare Your Metadata Files
      • Publishing Generic Organ Scaffold as a SPARC Dataset
      • Publishing Scaffold Maps as a SPARC Dataset
      • Computational Models
    • Organize Your Files
    • Upload Your Data
    • Share Your Dataset with Curation
    • FAQs: SPARC Data Submission
      • Protocol FAQs
      • Data Upload FAQs
  • Review: Formal Curation/Request to Publish
  • Curation Resource Compendium

Tools & Resources

  • Tools & Resources Overview
  • Flatmap Resources
    • Flatmap Source Files
    • Connectivity Knowledge
    • Mapmakr
    • Flatmap Server
    • Flatmap Viewer
    • Map-Tools
  • Image Segmentation
    • FAIR Image Segmentation in MBF Bioscience Software
    • Connecting MBF Bioscience Software to the Pennsieve Platform
    • Demo of Use of Segmentation Conversion Tools for Scaffold Mapping
  • Map Annotation Tool
  • Microfile+
  • Scaffold Mapping Tools
    • Installation Guide
    • Creating a Skeleton Dataset Structure
    • Annotating in the Scaffold Mapping Tool
    • Adding Provenance
    • Adding Fiducial Markers and Groups
  • SciCrunch Vocabulary Services
  • SCKAN
    • Accessing SCKAN
  • SODA: Software to Organize Data Automatically

Learning Center

  • Learning Center Overview
  • DRC Open Office Hours
  • SPARC Portal Walkthrough
  • SPARC Tutorials
    • Discovering and reusing connectivity knowledge in flatmaps
    • Using a Jupyter Notebook with SPARC data
    • Mapping Image Data Demonstration Overview
    • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data
    • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Physiological Data
    • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data From Flat Preparation
    • SPARC Portal Map Annotation Tool
    • Publishing a Flatmap as a SPARC Dataset
    • Using sparc.client for data movement in SPARC
    • Download public data, scaffolds and run computations
    • SCKANNER Tutorial
    • Running a MetaModeling Pipeline On o²S²PARC
    • Introduction To CAD Modeling On o²S²PARC
    • Running ASCENT On o²S²PARC
    • Running a Cardiovascular System Model on o²S²PARC from the SPARC Portal
    • Tutorial Archive
      • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data v0.17.4
      • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data v0.19.1
      • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data v0.21.4
      • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Physiological Data v0.19.1
      • Scaffold Mapping Tools: Mapping Image Data From Flat Preparation v0.19.1
  • SPARC Webinars
    • SPARC YouTube Channel
    • Intro to the New SPARC 2.0 Dataset Structure
    • Using AWS to Access Public Datasets
    • Access o²S²PARC from the SPARC Portal
    • Running JupyterLabs on SPARC Resources
    • Mapping Data To Organ Scaffold

Community & Collaborations

  • The SPARC Community
  • HEAL Initiative data on SPARC
  • What’s Your SPARC Story?
  • Projects
  • SPARC Plug Newsletter Archive
    • SPARC Plug Winter 2025
    • SPARC Plug Autumn 2024
    • SPARC Plug Summer 2024
    • SPARC Plug Spring 2024
    • SPARC Plug Winter 2024
    • SPARC Plug Autumn 2023
    • SPARC Plug Summer 2023
    • SPARC Plug Spring 2023
    • SPARC is now an Open Data Repository
    • SPARC Plug Autumn 2022
    • SPARC hits major dataset milestone
    • SPARC Plug Spring 2022
    • SPARC Plug Winter 2022
    • SPARC Plug Summer 2021
    • SPARC Plug Winter 2021
    • SPARC Plug Autumn 2020
  • Promotional Resources

Governance & Standards

  • Governance
    • SPARC DRC Operation
    • SPARC Anatomical Working Group (SAWG)
    • Steering Committee
  • SPARC Data and Resource Center Structure
    • Data Coordination (DAT-Core)
    • Curation and Knowledge Management (K-Core)
    • MAP Synthesis (MAP-Core)
    • Modeling and Simulation (SIM-Core)
      • In Silico Studies Roadmap
  • Policies
    • Changes to Published Datasets Policy
      • List of SPARC Datasets Removed from the SPARC Portal
    • Data Persistence Policy
    • Embargoed Data Use Agreement
    • Material Sharing Policy
    • Notice Regarding Repository Review EO 14168
    • Portal Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Service
  • Standards
    • SPARC is FAIR
      • SPARC and Re3 Data
    • Standards Process
    • SPARC Dataset Structure (SDS)
      • Structured Folders and Metadata Files
      • SDS Versions
      • SDS Tools
    • Metadata Standards
      • Minimal Information Standard (MIS)
      • cMIS
      • Optical Microscopy Imaging
    • Naming Requirements
    • File Formats Accepted by SPARC
    • Ontologies
    • Protocols

Consortia Resources

  • NIH PRECISION Human Pain Network Resource Page
  • NIH RE-JOIN Resource Page
  • SPARC Resources List

Curation Resource Compendium

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