OccBiomechanics
Get involved

Contribute to OccBiomechanics

Add resources, improve metadata, or help build the platform. The catalog is maintained in the open on GitHub — every record is one YAML file, and adding or fixing one is a pull request. Email works too if GitHub is not your thing.

Ways to contribute

Propose a resource

Suggest a dataset, model, or analysis tool — published, planned, or available on request. We index the metadata and link to your repository, so the data stays with you under your license.

Open an issue · email the link

Improve existing records

Correct metadata, add missing licenses or DOIs, report broken links, and clarify descriptions. Each record is one YAML file in datasets/ — small fixes are small pull requests.

Report an issue · browse the records

Shape evaluation standards

If your group evaluates occupational exoskeletons, help us converge on what gets measured and reported so studies become comparable — starting from the exoskeleton fields in our schema.

Start a conversation · see the collection

Build the platform

The schema, validation and build scripts, and this site are open source (MIT). Contribute to the JSON Schema, the build pipeline, or the site itself, and influence what gets built next.

View the repository

How a record gets added

The full walkthrough lives in CONTRIBUTING.md; this is the short version.

1 · Copy
Copy datasets/_template.yaml to datasets/<your-id>.yaml.
2 · Describe
Fill in the fields. Required: id, title, status, source, plus at least one entry each in tasks and modalities — vocabularies are in the docs. Records involving an exoskeleton add the exoskeleton block.
3 · Validate
Run python scripts/build_catalog.py. The build fails with a clear message if a field is missing or uses a value outside the controlled vocabulary.
4 · Submit
Open a pull request with the YAML and the regenerated site files. We review for completeness and licensing clarity, not gatekeeping.

Standards we hold records to

Every record validates against the JSON Schema: structured fields from controlled vocabularies, a clear license and access status, and a descriptive title and summary. Fields are filled from what the source actually documents — an empty field is more useful than a guessed one. Need a vocabulary value that doesn't exist yet? Propose it in the same pull request.

Research collaboration

Beyond the catalog, the AnyMotion Lab (NJIT) is open to joint studies, shared data collections, student projects, and visiting researchers — get in touch.

Data usage

OccBiomechanics indexes metadata and links to resources at their original home; we do not rehost data and claim no ownership of the resources we describe. Listing is descriptive, not an endorsement. Before reusing any dataset, review its license and access terms at the source.