The exposure namespace of the Sensory Stimulation Ontology (SSTIM). It mints terms separating physical delivery medium, perceived modality, device capability, body placement, comfort boundary, experiment context, effect claims and knowledge status, so that what a device emits and what a person perceives are described by different identifiers.

Prefix

sstim.exposure

Keywords

audio-visual entrainment binaural beats brainwave entrainment evidence tiers isochronic tones multisensory integration paced breathing sensory stimulation vibrotactile stimulation

License

CC-BY-4.0

Links

Homepage Repository Request Discussion

Publications

2026 SSTIM Workbench: Open Sensory Stimulation Platform and SSTIM Ontology

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Sensory Stimulation Ontology Exposure Namespace should match this regular expression:
^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$

Example Local Unique Identifier

modalityAuditory   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Sensory Stimulation Ontology Exposure Namespace should match this regular expression:
^sstim\.exposure:[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$

Example CURIE

sstim.exposure:modalityAuditory

Contact

Renato Fabbri   0000-0002-9699-629X   ttm

Contributors

submitter Renato Fabbri   0000-0002-9699-629X   ttm

Reviewer

Charles Tapley Hoyt   0000-0003-4423-4370   cthoyt

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

Part Of (bfo:0000050 )

sstim

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier modalityAuditory is used to demonstrate the providers available for Sensory Stimulation Ontology Exposure Namespace. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.