Collections & Tags

Organize datasets into curated collections and apply tags for discovery.

Tags

Tags are free-form metadata labels attached to datasets. They surface in search results and help users discover related data.

Add Tags

Tags are assigned during dataset creation or updated afterward via the dataset metadata endpoints.

Search by Tags

curl "https://api.syndb.xyz/v1/search?q=drosophila+mushroom+body"

The full-text search indexes dataset tags alongside titles and descriptions. See Search.

Collections

Collections are curated groupings of datasets — for example, “All Drosophila connectomes” or “Lab X publication datasets.”

Create a Collection

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.syndb.xyz/v1/neurodata/collections \
  -d '{
    "name": "Drosophila Connectomes",
    "description": "All Drosophila melanogaster connectome datasets"
  }'

List Collections

curl https://api.syndb.xyz/v1/neurodata/collections

Add Datasets to a Collection

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  https://api.syndb.xyz/v1/neurodata/collections/{collection_id}/datasets \
  -d '{"dataset_id": "..."}'

Collections are useful for meta-analysis — pass a collection’s dataset IDs to the meta-analysis endpoint to compare all datasets in the group.