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[ENH] Clarify meaning of raw vs derivative datasets
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Expand Up @@ -4,9 +4,30 @@ Derivatives are outputs of common processing pipelines, capturing data and
meta-data sufficient for a researcher to understand and (critically) reuse those
outputs in subsequent processing.
Standardizing derivatives is motivated by use cases where formalized
machine-readable access to processed data enables higher level processing.
machine-readable access to processed data enables higher-level processing.

The following sections cover additions to and divergences from "raw" BIDS.
Raw data are data that have been curated into BIDS from a non-BIDS source.
If a dataset is derived from at least one other valid BIDS dataset, then it is a derivative dataset.

Examples:

A defaced T1w image would typically be made during the curation process and is thus under raw

```Text
sourcedata/private/sub-01/anat/sub-01_T1w.nii.gz
sub-01/anat/sub-01_T1w.nii.gz
```

A defaced T1w image could also, in theory, be derived from a BIDS dataset and would thus be under derivatives

```Text
sub-01/anat/sub-01_T1w.nii.gz
derivatives/sub-01/anat/sub-01_desc-defaced_T1w.nii.gz
```

## Derivatives storage and directory structure

Placement and naming conventions for derived datasets are addressed in
[Storage of derived datasets][storage], and dataset-level metadata is included
in [Derived dataset and pipeline description][derived-dataset-description].
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