View source

= Citing SumsDB =

Use of SumsDB and datasets contained within SumsDB can be referenced in several ways. 

== Home page == 
* URL for SumsDB: http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums

== Publications describing SumsDB ==

* Van Essen, D.C., Harwell, J., Hanlon, D, and Dickson, J. (2005) Surface-Based Atlases and a Database of Cortical Structure and Function. In: Databasing the Brain: From Data to Knowledge (Neuroinformatics). S.H. Koslow and S. Subramaniam, eds., John Wiley & Sons, NJ, pp. 369-387

* Dickson, J., Drury, H., and Van Essen, D.C. (2001) The surface management system (SuMS) database: A surface-based database to aid cortical surface reconstruction, visualization and analysis. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc, Ser B 356:1277-1292 

== Links to Specific SumsDB Datasets ==

* To find a specific dataset, link to the appropriate ‘archive_id’ or to the ‘directory_id’ containing the archive.  
* An archive_id may represent a single data file or to a composite ‘tarball’ (e.g., *.tar.gz or *.zip). 
* 'Spec file’ archives receive special treatment:  each is a single file, but selecting a spec file allows its entire listing of files to be downloaded or viewed online.
* '''Archive_id'''.  Any given data file can be identified using its archive_id with or without the archive_id appended.  For example, the following URL’s both link to the same archive:
** http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/archivelist.do?archive_id=6571220
** http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/archivelist.do?archive_id=6571220&archive_name=PALS_B12.BOTH-HEMS.STANDARD-SCENES.73730.spec 

* '''Directory_id links'''.  Any given directory can be identified using its directory_id with or without the directory_name appended.  For example, the following URL’s both link to the same directory: 
** http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/directory.do?id=636032
** http://sumsdb.wustl.edu/sums/directory.do?id=636032&dir_name=ATLAS_DATA_SETS