EXTENSIBLE BIOSIGNAL (EBS) FILE FORMAT - SIMPLE METHOD FOR EEG DATA EXCHANGE

Increasing use of computer technology in EEG research requires the cre ation of standardized data formats to transmit, exchange, analyze or m odify mainly EEG/MEG as well as more general polygraphic data. The ext ensible biosignal file format (EBS) has been designed for easy use. Th e concept of the EBS format is a simple structure of variable size, co nsisting of one fixed and two variable headers and a data section. In the variable header, any information can be stored in attributes. The data are achieved in one of 3 organizational forms: channel order, tem poral order, or compressed. The format supports various data types, mu ltiple biosignals (ECG, EEG, MEG, polygraph), annotations, processing history, location diagrams (CGM), 16 bit ISO 10646 character set, rand om access to large amounts of data, global or private extensions, self -identification, and multiple tools for conversion, modification and v isualization which are freely available in source code.