[ome-users] 4.2.1 release of Bio-Formats

[Melissa Linkert]

Hello everyone,

Today, UW-Madison LOCI (http://loci.wisc.edu) and Glencoe Software (http://glencoesoftware.com) are pleased to announce the 4.2.1 release of Bio-Formats (http://loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats).

This release contains the following notable changes:

* Many, many bug fixes
* Added support for 7 new formats:
  - CellWorX .pnl
  - ECAT7
  - Varian FDF
  - Perkin Elmer Densitometer
  - FEI TIFF
  - Compix/SimplePCI TIFF
  - Nikon Elements TIFF
* Updated Zeiss LSM metadata parsing, with generous assistance from Zeiss, FMI, and MPI-CBG
* Lots of work to ensure that converted OME-XML validates
* Enhanced file stitching functionality

A more detailed list of the tasks completed in this release is available here:

http://dev.loci.wisc.edu/trac/software/milestone/bio-formats-4.2.1

You can download Bio-Formats here:

http://loci.wisc.edu/bio-formats/downloads

As always, we welcome any feedback you may have regarding Bio-Formats - especially if you have found a bug!  Please direct any questions or comments to the Bio-Formats developers as instructed here:

http://loci.wisc.edu/software/mailing-lists

We are now in the planning phase for the next release and have some very exciting things in mind.  You can view the up-to-the-minute plan for the next release here:

http://dev.loci.wisc.edu/trac/software/milestone/bio-formats-5.0

Finally, the Bio-Formats developers will once again be staffing the Open Microscopy Environment booth at the annual ASCB meeting in December.  If you are attending the meeting, we encourage you to stop by and say hello!

Kind regards,

Melissa Linkert
Glencoe Software, Inc.