[ome-devel] Release of OME Files C++ 0.2.2

[Roger Leigh]

OME Files C++ 0.2.2
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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:

• The OME Data Model (model objects, metadatastore, XSL transforms and
   XML validation)
• OME-TIFF reader
• OME-TIFF writer

The major focus of this release is to extend the support for features
in older OME-XML model versions and to improve the support for
automated testing all OME-XML and OME-TIFF features.  This will
continue for the following release.

Major changes in this release include:

• OME-TIFF reader and writer updates

Downloads
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The software release is available at the OME Files C++ 0.2.2 download
page [http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/ome-files-cpp/0.2.2/].  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.

Changes since ome-files-cpp 0.2.1
---------------------------------

OME Common

• Boost 1.54 is the minimum supported version
• Add support for Boost 1.62

OME XML

• OME-XML 2016-06 schema incremented to version 2; additional
   enumerations added for AcquisitionModel (BrightField,
   SweptFieldConfocal and SPIM)
• Boost updates (same as OME Common)

OME Files

• Remove support for libtiff versions older than 4.0.3
• Support invocation of the ome-files command via a symlink, to allow
   packaging for MacOS X with homebrew
• Correct TIFF COLORMAP and TRANSFERFUNCTION handling; the colour maps
   are used by the (get|set)(8|16)BitLookupTable methods in
   FormatReader and FormatWriter for the TIFF and OME-TIFF file formats
• Boost updates (same as OME Common)

OME QtWidgets

• Boost updates (same as OME Common)

Super-Build 0.2.2

• Document the support status of each supported platform

• Package changes:
   ◦ ome-common 5.3.2: Updated package
   ◦ ome-files 0.2.2: Updated package
   ◦ ome-xml 5.2.3: Updated package (currently part of the Bio-Formats
sources)
   ◦ ome-qtwidgets 5.3.2: Updated package
   ◦ boost 1.62: Updated package
   ◦ gtest 1.8.0: Updated package

Future changes
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Upcoming improvements include:

OME Files

• improvements to automated integration testing of OME-TIFF files
• additional improvements to support for advanced OME-XML features
   such as Modulo, and older OME-XML versions

Super-Build

• further improvements for building on Windows
• updating of the set of platforms binary builds are provided for

You can find further information on which features will be included in
upcoming releases via the Trello board for version 0.3.0.
[https://trello.com/b/wA1T35Ld/ome-files-c-0-3-0] (note that this is a
work in progress and subject to change).

Errata
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Support for building on Windows with msbuild is currently
non-functional; please use Ninja for the time being.

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.

Support
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For any problems or comments, please use the OME forums or mailing
lists [http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community].


Kind regards,
Roger Leigh

on behalf of the OME team

--
Dr Roger Leigh -- Open Microscopy Environment
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression,
School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street,
Dundee DD1 5EH Scotland UK   Tel: (01382) 386364

The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096