[ome-devel] Re: OME-ImageJ

[Curtis Rueden]

Hi Richard,

We are currently developing two plugins for ImageJ: one that enables 
client-side upload to an OME database (OMEUpload), and another that 
provides image searching and download capabilities from OME into ImageJ 
(OMEDownload). I have posted our latest progress online:
    http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/

Please note that right now, only the OMEUpload plugin is available. We 
are just finishing up the preliminary implementation of OMEDownload, and 
will be including it online some time this week. We will be continuing 
work on these plugins and also integrating the new download 
functionality into VisBio as well.

Lastly, the current plugins are very basic and hardly scratch the 
surface of what OME is capable of. For example, if you download an image 
from OME into ImageJ, perform modifications, then use OMEUpload to 
reimport it, the system will not be aware of the connection between the 
two sets of pixels, although the OME system is certainly capable of 
keeping track of such things.

-Curtis

Chris Allan wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 12:31:19PM +0000, Richard M. Parton wrote:
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>>Dear Chris,
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>Hi Richard.
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>>	A while ago I asked about interaction between ImageJ and OME 
>>but at the time this was still under investigation and there were 
>>reservations that ImageJ did not have the appropriate 5D data 
>>handling. Is ImageJ still under consideration or is 
>>http://www.loci.wisc.edu/visbio/ only considered?
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>As I'm neither an ImageJ or VisBio developer, I'm not the best person to
>ask about what's being "considered." Neither of these projects are part
>of what is generally considered to be OME. The extent to which they can
>be used with OME is really something you will have to judge for yourself
>or judge with the help of the Madison folks.
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>I believe some considerable work has been done by Curtis to provide both 
>import and viewing capabilities in VisBio 3.0 in conjunction with OME.
>However, as I mentioned above, I am not a VisBio developer and questions
>about the extent to which VisBio and/or ImageJ interact with OME are
>best answered by Curtis.
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>The two Madison points of contact are on the CC line.
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>>Regards,
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>>Richard
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>Ciao.
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>-Chris
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