[ome-users] OME-XML Major Version Release

[Andrew Patterson]

Hello,

The Open Microscopy Environment are pleased to announce a major  
update to the OME-XML schema files. These files provide the  
authoritative description of the OME Data Model.

This is a major (breaking) version release that is NOT backwardly  
compatible with files created for the February 2008 release or May  
2008 release.

As this is a major release it makes use of a new namespace:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2008-09/

Full details of the changes made can be found at
http://www.ome-xml.org/wiki/ChangesForSeptember2008

Key changes made with this release include:
- A major relaxing of the model to allow the capture of incomplete  
metadata in proprietary files.
- An major re-working of the Region Of Interest model.
- The new Structured Annotation model.
- Support for LED light sources.
- Fixes to the way MicrobeamManipulation links to the rest of the  
model to support multiple operations.

Thank you to everyone who provided input on these changes. We welcome  
your suggestions for further improvements.
Comments can be emailed to us or added as tickets at:
http://www.ome-xml.org/

Thanks,

Andrew

Andrew Patterson
ajpatterson at lifesci.dundee.ac.uk
Software Developer, Open Microscopy Environment
Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, University  
of Dundee