# U7-1 synchronization-contract route packet This page does not change the current public six-question batch. It records one narrow route just outside that batch, so readers can see why `U7-1` is the cleanest A-tier candidate to deepen next, why `D11` stays the strongest public-open anchor for that route, and what the first public-safe artifact can honestly close. ## What was rechecked for this row - `D11 A multi-session simultaneous EEG-fMRI dataset with online experience sampling` still remains public-open on OpenNeuro and still gives the strongest current `synchronization + provenance + multi-session` floor for `U7-1`. - `D15 A simultaneous EEG-fNIRS dataset for investigating working memory load` remains a useful public-open support family for checking whether the same four-field contract survives a second multimodal setting. - `D23 EEG, PPG, GSR Multimodal Physiological Signals for Rehabilitation Fatigue Detection` remains a useful public-open support family for stress-testing the same contract under a third sensor bundle. - The current public six-question batch still stays unchanged: `U13-2 / U13-5 / U0-2 / U0-3 / U14-4 / U14-2`. - The practical funding bridge for this row is still a watch route rather than a current public-six route: `Okawa Foundation research grant` is the cleanest next-watch fit, and existing Todoist watch tasks already cover that lane. ## Why `U7-1` is the cleanest next-watch route outside the current six - It is an `A` row: the main claim can stay inside `EEG-DATA` without requiring the theory, law, or identity-overreading boundary carried by many `B/C` rows. - It is infrastructure-first: the first artifact is a synchronization and provenance contract, not a stronger theory claim. - It helps the current six without widening them. `U0` needs timing discipline, and `U14` needs reproducibility discipline, so `U7-1` strengthens the floor underneath both families. ## Why `D11` stays the main public-open anchor | Candidate | What it helps with | Why it is not the first public anchor | |---|---|---| | `D11 A multi-session simultaneous EEG-fMRI dataset with online experience sampling` (`10.18112/openneuro.ds007216.v1.0.0`, immediate) | It gives `47 sessions`, `186 EEG runs`, simultaneous EEG-fMRI, multi-run timing structure, and BIDS-side provenance, which makes it the strongest public-open route for enforcing `clock offset`, `sampling drift`, `stimulus onset`, and `QC fail code` together. | None in this run. It is the strongest public-open first anchor for `U7-1`. | | `D15 A simultaneous EEG-fNIRS dataset for investigating working memory load` (`10.21227/tswy-m550`, immediate) | It is the strongest nearby support family for checking whether the same synchronization contract survives a second multimodal pairing. | It is thinner than `D11` on session depth and provenance richness, so it stays support rather than primary. | | `D23 EEG, PPG, GSR Multimodal Physiological Signals for Rehabilitation Fatigue Detection` (`10.6084/m9.figshare.31169026`, immediate) | It is useful for a third-bundle stress test once the four-field contract is fixed on `D11`. | It is more task-specific and less suitable than `D11` as the first public anchor for a general synchronization contract. | ## What the first artifact can honestly close now | Artifact piece | What it closes now | What still stays outside the claim | |---|---|---| | `Four-field BIDS extension note` | A bounded contract that blocks release-ready wording whenever any of `clock offset`, `sampling drift`, `stimulus onset`, or `QC fail code` is missing. | Any statement that one filled contract already establishes community-wide standard adoption. | | `Offset/jitter distribution audit` | A narrow report that turns synchronization quality into explicit pass/fail distributions rather than vague metadata language. | Any claim that synchronization logging alone proves scientific validity of every downstream result. | | `Reanalysis-success note` | A public-safe rule for whether the same artifact survives reanalysis after the four required fields are enforced. | Any theory-level or deployment-level conclusion beyond the present audit artifact. | ## Funding wording that still fits | Route | Submission wording that stays honest | Why it still fits this row | |---|---|---| | `Okawa Foundation research grant` (`watch`) | `A public-open synchronization and QC contract for multimodal EEG verification in the mind-upload route` | The row reads naturally as an information / reproducibility / standards-facing research route rather than a solved neuroscience claim. | | `Kura Fund` (`secondary only`) | `An international young-researcher synchronization audit package for multimodal EEG reproducibility` | It fits only if framed as a bounded young-researcher infrastructure package, not as a batch switch or stronger mind-upload claim. | ## External dependency tasks that stay outside this session - Device-side delay truth still needs broader cross-device validation before this row can be read as a full field standard. - Community adoption of the four required fields still remains outside the present repository-level artifact. - Any interpretation that a synchronization contract by itself resolves multimodal common-state or identity questions remains outside the present route. ## What changed in this run - The public batch did not change. - The main change is that `U7-1` now has a public packet that records the strongest public-open anchor, the first artifact, and the watch-level funding bridge without widening the current public six. - This remains a route-setting update, not a solved-claim update.