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NIF Tools
NIF provides simultaneous search across multiple types of resources, including those invisible to traditional search engines. We are constantly adding new resources to the NIF. Are we missing something? Recommend a resource to NIF.
Current resources include:
The NIF Registry
• NIF Web
• NIF Data Federation
• NIF Literature
NIF Vocabularies
NIF has developed a comprehensive vocabulary for annotating and searching neuroscience resources. The vocabularies are available for download as an OWL file and also through the NCBO BioPortal.
About • NeuroLex • NIFSTD OWL
News & Events
June 23, 2009The NIF Webinar held on Tuesday, June 23rd on Using the NeuroLex Wiki is available in our Webinar Event Archives.
June 11-12, 2009 The first NIF All Hands Meeting was held June 11 - 12, 2009, in Bethesda, Maryland. Thank you to all who attended and participated.
May 29, 2009NIF content was updated to include Exact Antigen and Allen Mouse Brain Atlas to our existing federation of databases.
April 2009 NIF Version 1.5 was released on Friday, April 10, 2009.
NIF Blog
The issue of database interoperability is a complex one, and some excellent frameworks and discussions are available. For the purposes of this discussion, we will simplify the issue and address issues of interoperability at two levels: technical and data. We offer 3 good reasons why you, as a resource provider, want to become interoperable. Read our latest post on the NIF blog.
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