[ome-users] OME-XML Major Version Release

[Andrew Patterson]

Hello,

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

This June 2010 release is a major (breaking) version that is NOT backwardly compatible with files created for the April 2010 release.

As this is a major release it makes use of a new namespace:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2010-06/

Full details of the changes made can be found at
http://www.ome-xml.org/milestone/June-2010-Schema-Release

Key changes made with this release include:
- Release brought in step with release of OMERO 4.2
- Introduction of more restrictive integer type.
- Fixing issue with Well Sample Timepoint. NOTE: timepoints were not being filled out by any formats and so any values filled by 3rd parties will be lost in the upgrade.
- Adding Width and Height to ROI Mask.
- Reworking annotations to add new types (Term and Tag) and allow cross-linking all annotations.

An XSLT transform from April 2010 to June 2010 is available here:
http://www.ome-xml.org/browser/Xslt/

Sample OME-XML and OME-TIFF files are available here:
http://www.ome-xml.org/browser/Documentation/Samples/OmeFiles/2010-06/

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/

Cheers,

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