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yarikoptic committed May 10, 2019
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## Participant names and other labels

BIDS uses custom user-defined labels in several situations (naming of
participants, sessions, acquisition schemes, etc.) Labels are strings and MUST
only consist of letters (lower or upper case) and/or numbers. If numbers are
used we RECOMMEND zero padding (e.g., `01` instead of `1` if you have more than
nine subjects) to make alphabetical sorting more intuitive. Please note that the
sub- prefix is not part of the subject label, but must be included in file names
(similarly to other key names). In contrast to other labels, run and echo labels
MUST be integers. Those labels MAY include zero padding, but this is NOT
RECOMMENDED to maintain their uniqueness.
BIDS allows for custom user-defined `<label>`s and `<index>`es e.g., for
naming of participants, sessions, acquisition schemes, etc. Note that they
MUST use only allowed characters as described in [Definitions](02-common-principles.md#definitions)
above. In `<index>`es we RECOMMEND zero padding (e.g., `01` instead of `1`
if you have more than nine subjects) to make alphabetical sorting more
intuitive. Zero padding is NOT RECOMMENDED to be used to maintain their
uniqueness.

## Units

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