Pre-release checklist: remaining issues before public release

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Critical (must fix)

• TODO placeholders in OpenNeuro datasets — Updated with bioRxiv citation and OpenNeuro DOIs
• Data access: .gitmodules + README — submodule points to OpenNeuro ds007329, README has datalad install instructions

Important (should fix)

• Dev tools as runtime dependencies — moved to optional extras in Move dev/unused dependencies to optional extras #4
• Author name format — standardized to "Guo Jiahui"/"Ma Feilong" everywhere
• TaskName inconsistency — removed TaskName from per-run sidecars (inherits from top-level per BIDS recommendation)
• BIDSVersion mismatch — derivatives updated from 1.4.0 to 1.10.1
• SourceDatasets URLs malformed — replaced broken DOI URLs with OpenNeuro URL in derivatives
• node_modules/ not in .gitignore — fixed in Move dev/unused dependencies to optional extras #4

Minor

• Typo "fmriprepp" in src/hyperface/utils.py — fixed in Move dev/unused dependencies to optional extras #4
• Dead Python 3.8 fallback in src/hyperface/io.py — fixed in Move dev/unused dependencies to optional extras #4
• Missing CITATION.cff — added with bioRxiv DOI
• .zenodo.json — added for Zenodo release

Also done

• Dropped Python 3.9 (EOL), require >=3.10
• Added CI workflow (lint + tests on 3.10/3.11/3.12)
• Fixed all ruff lint errors, added strict=True to zip() calls
• Added bioRxiv citation to README

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Steps for post-preprint updates

After bioRxiv submission (step 2)

Fill all TODO placeholders:

# Find all TODOs across OpenNeuro datasets
grep -rn "TODO" openneuro/*/dataset_description.json openneuro/*/README*

Update these fields:

• DatasetDOI in hyperface/dataset_description.json
• HowToAcknowledge in all three dataset_description.json files
• Paper citation in all three README files
• Add CITATION.cff to the code repo

After making datasets public (step 3)

Update the code repo:

# Fix .gitmodules to point to OpenNeuro
git config submodule.data.url https://github.com/OpenNeuroDatasets/ds007329.git

Update README.md Data Access section with OpenNeuro URLs:

• Raw: https://openneuro.org/datasets/ds007329
• fMRIPrep: https://openneuro.org/datasets/ds007384
• FreeSurfer: https://openneuro.org/datasets/ds007378