[ome-devel] Simple questions about files versus pixels

[Zachary Pincus]

Hello everyone,

I've got a couple simple questions about OME and how it deals with 
images as files versus as pixels.

First, is there any way to determine the original file a Pixels object 
or Image object came from? I see the OriginalFile STs in OME, but there 
doesn't seem to be a way to link those to anything else.

Next, is there a "right" way to import pixels (without associated 
files) into OME? That is, say one wants to stream raw pixels over a 
network to OMEIS, and then call OME's import routines on those pixels. 
All of the import methods I see in the API appear to take an OMEIS 
FileID, not a PixelsID.

Clearly, one could simply create a Pixels and Image object in OME and 
hook them together, adding the PixelsID from OMEIS, but then there 
wouldn't be a really useful MEX record associated with that "import," 
right?


Thanks,

Zach Pincus