diff --git a/content/about-nwb/_index.md b/content/about-nwb/_index.md index 58eec76..dbb6120 100644 --- a/content/about-nwb/_index.md +++ b/content/about-nwb/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: About NWB +description: "Neurodata Without Borders began in 2014 as a consortium of researchers and foundations working to remove the obstacles to sharing neuroscience data. Read about its goals and history." about_section: enable: true image: /images/about-nwb.png diff --git a/content/community/_index.md b/content/community/_index.md index b4b53fa..350498f 100644 --- a/content/community/_index.md +++ b/content/community/_index.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ --- title: "Community" +description: "Resources for the NWB community, including materials for teaching with NWB and a gallery of conversion and analysis projects." weight: 5 --- diff --git a/content/contact-us/_index.md b/content/contact-us/_index.md index 235b957..a29388d 100644 --- a/content/contact-us/_index.md +++ b/content/contact-us/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Contact Us +description: "Ask questions on the NWB help desk, join the Slack workspace, contribute on GitHub, or sign up for the mailing list." community_section: enable: true title: Community diff --git a/content/convert/_index.md b/content/convert/_index.md index e30047e..b6db1d8 100644 --- a/content/convert/_index.md +++ b/content/convert/_index.md @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ --- +description: "An overview of the tools for converting neurophysiology data to NWB, from no-code applications to programmatic APIs: NWB GUIDE, NeuroConv, PyNWB, and MatNWB." title: "Converting Data To NWB" aliases: - /converting-data-to-nwb diff --git a/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md b/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md index 9ad478d..6811f56 100644 --- a/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md +++ b/content/enhancement-proposals/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Enhancement Proposals +description: "NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP) are the formal way to propose major additions or changes to the NWB standard. They are reviewed by the NWB Technical Advisory Board." section: - title: About NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP) list: diff --git a/content/events/_index.md b/content/events/_index.md index 2404eba..798cf04 100644 --- a/content/events/_index.md +++ b/content/events/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "NWB Events" +description: "Past and upcoming NWB events, including workshops, hackathons, tutorials, and conferences." banner: enable: true title: "NWB Events" diff --git a/content/extending-nwb.md b/content/extending-nwb.md index c3da903..4f576e0 100644 --- a/content/extending-nwb.md +++ b/content/extending-nwb.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Extending NWB" +description: "NWB can be extended in two ways: NWB Extensions (NDX) for data types that are not yet part of the core standard, and NWB Enhancement Proposals (NWBEP) for changes to the standard itself." date: 2025-08-07 --- diff --git a/content/faq/_index.md b/content/faq/_index.md index 385371c..fb870d0 100644 --- a/content/faq/_index.md +++ b/content/faq/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Frequently Asked Questions" +description: "Answers to common questions about using NWB, how it compares with other data standards and formats, and the differences between NWB 1 and NWB 2." weight: 5 --- diff --git a/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md b/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md index 09e4e31..05659a5 100644 --- a/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md +++ b/content/faq/comparison_to_other_standards.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "How does NWB 2.0 compare to other neurodata standards?" +description: "How NWB 2.0 differs from NWB 1.0, NIX, and BIDS in approach and scope." weight: 1 --- diff --git a/content/faq/why_hdf5.md b/content/faq/why_hdf5.md index 5b8b8ff..856689a 100644 --- a/content/faq/why_hdf5.md +++ b/content/faq/why_hdf5.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Why use HDF5 as the primary backend for NWB?" +description: "HDF5 organizes complex hierarchical data and metadata, is a mature standard supported in many programming languages, and allows random access to chunked and compressed datasets." weight: 2 --- diff --git a/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md b/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md index 83c58cc..831faeb 100644 --- a/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md +++ b/content/grants-and-projects/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Grants and Projects +description: "Grants that fund NWB development and dissemination, and seed grants from The Kavli Foundation that helped labs standardize their data with NWB." sponsered_projects: enable: true boxes: diff --git a/content/news/_index.md b/content/news/_index.md index d029f86..6efe9af 100644 --- a/content/news/_index.md +++ b/content/news/_index.md @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ --- title: "NWB News" +description: "Release announcements, newsletters, and event news from the NWB project." --- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/nwb-software/_index.md b/content/nwb-software/_index.md index 8bcf8b8..6a9b965 100644 --- a/content/nwb-software/_index.md +++ b/content/nwb-software/_index.md @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ community_tools: description: Tools for data acquisition, analysis, visualization, and exploration url: "/tools/community/" title: The NWB Software
Ecosystem +description: "An overview of the NWB software ecosystem: the specification language, data APIs, data storage, and data standard schema, with the tools built on them." software_types: enable: true title: Areas of Concern and Types of Software in the NWB Ecosystem diff --git a/content/online-resources/_index.md b/content/online-resources/_index.md index 58b4885..3dc494a 100644 --- a/content/online-resources/_index.md +++ b/content/online-resources/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Online Resources" +description: "Links to NWB project websites, documentation for the core tools, training materials, and support channels such as the help desk, Slack, and the mailing list." weight: 4 resources_section: enable: true diff --git a/content/policies/_index.md b/content/policies/_index.md index 3ce15c3..08e31ef 100644 --- a/content/policies/_index.md +++ b/content/policies/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Policies Overview +description: "Policies that govern NWB, covering community-driven development, the Technical Advisory Board, the software and data standard, and the community." section: - title: Policies on Community-driven Development and Integration of New Neuroscience Technologies with NWB diff --git a/content/publications/_index.md b/content/publications/_index.md index 33cc54a..8aee1bb 100644 --- a/content/publications/_index.md +++ b/content/publications/_index.md @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ --- title: "Publications" +description: "How to cite NWB, with lists of papers, project reports, and awards." --- \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/publications/awards.md b/content/publications/awards.md index 4df73e5..3f345d5 100644 --- a/content/publications/awards.md +++ b/content/publications/awards.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Awards" +description: "Awards and endorsements received by NWB, including a 2019 R&D 100 award." weight: 4 icon: "/images/awards.png" list: diff --git a/content/publications/citing.md b/content/publications/citing.md index 5c6d591..1666ab0 100644 --- a/content/publications/citing.md +++ b/content/publications/citing.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Citing NWB +description: "The citation to use when you acknowledge NWB in your research." weight: 1 icon: /images/citing.png content: "If you are using NWB in your research, please use the following diff --git a/content/publications/papers.md b/content/publications/papers.md index 95036d0..3c8b9b4 100644 --- a/content/publications/papers.md +++ b/content/publications/papers.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Papers" +description: "Papers about the NWB data standard and its software ecosystem." weight: 3 icon: "/images/paper.png" list: diff --git a/content/publications/reports.md b/content/publications/reports.md index 32119d3..49188cf 100644 --- a/content/publications/reports.md +++ b/content/publications/reports.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Project Reports" +description: "Technical reports from NWB hackathons, user days, and other project events." icon: "/images/report.png" list: - content: "Benjamin Dichter, Oliver R ̈ubel, Ryan Ly, Satrajit Ghosh, Jerome Lecoq, Saskia de Vries, Carly Kiselycznyk, Kaitlyn Casimo, and Stephanie Albin, “Report: Neurodata Rehack: Generating new insights from existing neurophysiology data through secondary analysis: October 3-5, 2022” Online Technical Report, January 2023,

(PDF) (LaTeX)" diff --git a/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md b/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md index 36a611e..570ae32 100644 --- a/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md +++ b/content/supporting-nwb/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Supporting NWB +description: "Ways to help sustain NWB: advocate for funding, spread the word, add a testimonial, and give credit when you use open data." hero_section: enable: true title: "Supporting NWB" diff --git a/content/team/_index.md b/content/team/_index.md index a2ee2dd..7f2fe46 100644 --- a/content/team/_index.md +++ b/content/team/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "Team" +description: "How NWB is governed, with the members of the Executive Board, the Technical Advisory Board, and the core development team." governance_section: enable: true title: Governance Structure diff --git a/content/working-groups/_index.md b/content/working-groups/_index.md index 70b5d80..867fdef 100644 --- a/content/working-groups/_index.md +++ b/content/working-groups/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: Working Groups +description: "NWB working groups curate the core standard, define ontologies, and integrate NWB with other community standards and tools." banner_section: enable: true content: NWB is involved in several working groups to curate the core NWB