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<div class="">Today we are releasing OME Files C++ 0.2.3.</div>
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<div class="">OME Files is a reference implementation of the OME Data Model and OME-TIFF file format for the storage and interchange of biological imaging data and metadata. It provides support for:</div>
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<li class="">The OME Data Model (model objects, metadatastore, XSL transforms and XML validation)</li><li class="">OME-TIFF reader</li><li class="">OME-TIFF writer</li></ul>
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<div class="">This release contains minor bugfixes only.</div>
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<div class="">Changes in this release include:</div>
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<li class="">OME-TIFF bugfix for Plane element handling</li></ul>
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<div class=""><b class="">Downloads</b></div>
<div class="">The software release is available at <a href="http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/ome-files-cpp/0.2.3/" class="">
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/ome-files-cpp/0.2.3/</a> </div>
<div class="">This page includes links to the individual repositories and source releases, as well as the documentation and binary builds of the collection for several common platforms, including Windows, Linux and MacOS X.</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Changes since ome-files-cpp 0.2.2</b></div>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME Common</i></div>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME XML</i></div>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME Files</i></div>
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<li class="">Update OME-TIFF reader handling of Plane elements with missing TheZ, TheT or TheC attributes to match the Java OME-TIFF reader.</li></ul>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME QtWidgets</i></div>
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<div class=""><i class="">Super-Build 0.2.3</i></div>
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<li class="">Support building on MacOS X 10.12 and provide MacOS X 10.12 binary build</li><li class="">Package changes:
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<li class="">ome-files 0.2.3: Updated package</li><li class="">ome-xml 5.2.4: Updated package (currently part of the Bio-Formats sources)</li></ul>
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<div class=""><b class="">Future changes</b></div>
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<div class="">Upcoming improvements include:</div>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME XML</i></div>
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<li class="">The OME-XML component has been split out of the Bio-Formats git repository into a new repository - <a href="https://github.com/ome/ome-model/" class="">https://github.com/ome/ome-model/</a> The next release will switch to using this repository.
There will be no functional changes.</li></ul>
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<div class=""><i class="">OME Files</i></div>
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<li class="">improvements to automated integration testing of OME-TIFF files</li><li class="">additional improvements to support for advanced OME-XML features such as Modulo, and older OME-XML versions</li></ul>
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<li class="">further improvements for building on Windows</li><li class="">updating of the set of platforms binary builds are provided for</li><li class="">initial support for C++11</li></ul>
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<div class="">You can find further information on which features will be included in upcoming releases via the Trello board for version 0.3.0 -
<a href="https://trello.com/b/wA1T35Ld/ome-files-c-0-3-0" class="">https://trello.com/b/wA1T35Ld/ome-files-c-0-3-0</a></div>
<div class="">(note that this is a work in progress and subject to change).</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Errata</b></div>
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<div class="">Support for building on Windows with <i class="">msbuild</i> is currently non-functional; please use
<i class="">Ninja</i> for the time being.</div>
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<div class="">On Windows, "ome-files info" will display an error if run from a directory containing a space in it. As a workaround, use "libexec\ome\files\info.exe" directly.</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">Support</b></div>
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<div class="">For any problems or comments, please use the OME forums or mailing lists -
<a href="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community" class="">http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community</a></div>
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<div class="">Regards,</div>
<div class="">The OME team</div>
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<div class="">Dr Helen Flynn</div>
<div class="">OME Technical Writer</div>
<div class="">Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression</div>
<div class="">Open Microscopy Environment</div>
<div class="">University of Dundee</div>
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<span style="font-size:10pt;">The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096</span>
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