[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 September 2008 release.

As this is a major release it makes use of a new namespace:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2009-09/

Full details of the changes made can be found at
http://www.ome-xml.org/wiki/ChangesForSeptember2009

Key changes made with this release include:
- LogicalChannel and ChannelComponent are merged into the new Channel  
element.
- Valid IDs and References are enforced by indexes and keys.
- Some objects supporting the original OME server have been removed.
- Structured Annotation links have been reworked and reversed.
- ROI have their own namespace, schema file ROI.xsd, and are now top  
level objects.
- 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