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nat.templatebrains

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R package nat.templatebrains by natverse — release notes from GitHub.

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The natverse package that taught neuron data to remember which brain space it lives in.

neuroscienceimage-registrationnatversetemplate-brainsmaintenance-moder-package
◆Current state
nat.templatebrains handles registration between template brain spaces — xform_brain(), mirror_brain(), and the bridging-registration graph that finds a path from one template to another. Since 0.8 transformed objects carry a regtemplate attribute recording their space, so downstream natverse functions can usually infer it rather than being told. The package is now in low-cadence maintenance, with 1.2.1 blocked on a CRAN submission window rather than on code.
◆Where it's heading
The substantive design work finished years ago. The arc ran from manual space bookkeeping, through memoised bridging-sequence lookup, to self-describing objects at 0.8 — after which releases became dependency hygiene and CRAN paperwork. Two of the last three entries change no code at all: one demotes Morpho from Imports to Suggests, the other updates submission comments.
◆Prediction
The next release is most likely the delayed 1.2.1 CRAN submission itself. The entries show no pending functional work beyond it.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1y ago

    v1.2.1: update cran-comments for submission

    A tag updating cran-comments ahead of a submission that could not proceed because CRAN was closed until 18 August. Release paperwork, with the body noting the delay explicitly.

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  2. 3y ago

    Morpho demoted from Imports to Suggests

    Morpho moves from Imports to Suggests, trimming what gets pulled in on install. Standard CRAN dependency-weight hygiene with no change to the registration functions.

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  3. 8y ago

    Identity transforms skipped, constructor requirements relaxed

    A cluster of usability fixes: xform_brain() stops transforming when sample and reference spaces are identical, shortest_bridging_seq() complains about template brains missing from the graph, and the templatebrain constructor no longer demands every bounding-box field. Each removes a way the registration path could fail confusingly.

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  4. 9y ago

    Transformed objects now carry their registration space

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    The release where transformed objects started carrying a regtemplate attribute recording their registration space, so natverse functions no longer need to be told it. Note this body is cumulative — it restates the 0.7 and 0.6.4 notes beneath its own, so the memoisation and reglist-inversion work listed here predates this tag.

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