<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear All-</div><div><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Just a short heads up on our status moving towards our 4.1 releases. We'll be releasing updates to the OME Data Model, Bio-Formats, and OMERO. A summary of what's happening:</div><div><br></div><div>-- we are on schedule for release on Oct 15. We'll let you know if we need to extend this deadline.</div><div><br></div><div>-- OME-XML: alot of cleaning, simplification. See <a href="http://ome-xml.org/milestone/September%202009%20Schema%20Release">http://ome-xml.org/milestone/September%202009%20Schema%20Release</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- Bio-Formats: </div><div>---> New HCS formats</div><div>---> substantial improvements in metadata support, especially for confocal microscopy</div><div>---> new metadata testing and validation system</div><div>---> See <a href="http://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/trac/java/milestone/bio-formats-4.1">http://skyking.microscopy.wisc.edu/trac/java/milestone/bio-formats-4.1</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- OMERO:</div><div> ---> import of all formats supported by Bio-Formats into OMERO</div><div>---> Acceleration of import through more efficient calls</div><div>---> Support for HCS data in OMERO.insight (will be followed with support in OMERO.web shortly)</div><div>---> Improved support for confocal data in OMERO.insight</div><div>---> A new OMERO system-- OMERO.qa. A system that allows uploads of problematic data files to our servers, and lets users follow our testing and work on these files.</div><div>---> Export to OME-TIFF</div><div>---> Expansion of functionality in OMERO Dropbox-- new files and support across all major OS's.</div><div>---> Switch OMERO.insight to use OpenGL to fix Java memory leaks</div><div>---> Lots of updates to all OMERO clients, improving UI, workflow, and usability</div><div>-- For more info see:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/milestone/OMERO-Beta4.1">http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/milestone/OMERO-Beta4.1</a></div><div><a href="http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/shoola/milestone/OMERO-Beta4.1">http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/shoola/milestone/OMERO-Beta4.1</a></div><div><br></div><div>The priorities for this release were set following our users meeting held in May at Institut Pasteur. We have stayed true to the demand to improve data in and out, while trying to also advance new functionality, especially for HCS.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a huge amount of work "under the hood" that lays the groundwork for major changes in functionality over the next few months. We'll announce more details in upcoming emails.</div><div><br></div><div>We'll provide further updates as we get closer to the release date.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Jason</div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></font></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">**************************</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression</font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">College of Life Sciences</font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">MSI/WTB/JBC Complex</font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">University of Dundee</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Dow Street</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Dundee DD1 5EH</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">United Kingdom</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br style="font-family: Helvetica; "></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">phone (01382) 385819</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Intl phone: 44 1382 385819 </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">FAX (01382) 388072 </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">email: <a href="mailto:jason@lifesci.dundee.ac.uk">jason@lifesci.dundee.ac.uk</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br style="font-family: Helvetica; "></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Lab Page: <a href="http://www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences/swedlow/">http://www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences/swedlow/</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Open Microscopy Environment: <a href="http://openmicroscopy.org">http://openmicroscopy.org</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; ">**************************</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div>The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096.</div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>