[Neuroinfo] New INCF endorsement standard: MBF file format

[INCF]

We are pleased to inform you that on January 25 2022, the INCF Standards
and Best Practices (SBP) committee
<https://incf.org/about/governance/SBP-subcommittee> endorsed the MBF file
format as a standard, with the standard number INCFSN-22-01
<https://www.incf.org/mbf-file-format-v-40>.

All INCF standards undergo re-review every two years. MBF Bioscience and
INCF will work together to further improve the FAIRness of the standard
until the next review, including implementation of the governance policy
and modification of the standard’s license from the CC-BY-ND-NC to a
CC-BY-ND.

The committee is pleased to see an open format from a commercial entity go
through the endorsement process, and applaud MBF Bioscience for taking this
very important step in support of open and FAIR neuroscience.

See the community review <https://f1000research.com/documents/10-712>
Read the endorsement statement <https://f1000research.com/documents/11-336>

*Why endorse community standards? *

INCF (incf.org) has implemented a formal procedure for evaluating and
endorsing community standards and best practices in support of the FAIR
principles. Our mission is to make neuroscience more open and FAIR, to
ensure that research funds and efforts are well invested, and that
neuroscientific findings are robust and replicable. Open community review
is a very important step in the process.

Quality community standards are necessary to make FAIR resources and
processes work, but too many neuroscience communities lack robust standards
or have competing incompatible standards. The rapid development of new
techniques also means that there is a continuous need for new and updated
standards, and that old standards need an active developer and user
community keeping them up to date.

By endorsing standards, INCF wants to:

   - Make it easy to find the best, most reliable standard appropriate for
   your research
   - Ensure recognition for community members investing their time and
   effort in standards

Similar to other standards, the review criteria
<https://incf.org/incf-standards-review-criteria-v20> include:

   - Openness
   - FAIRness
   - Design, testing, and implementation
   - Governance
   - Adoption and use
   - Stability and support
   - Extensibility
   - Comparison (similarity to other standards)
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