Release of OME Files C++ 0.3.1

[Helen Flynn (Staff)]

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Dear All,

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, metadata store, XSL transforms and XML validation)
  *   OME-TIFF reading
  *   OME-TIFF writing

This release contains two bugfixes to correct the support for references in the data model such as ROI references in an Image.

Download
The software release is available at http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/ome-files-cpp/0.3.1/
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.

Upgrading from 0.3.0
No changes required.

Changes since ome-files-cpp 0.3.0

OME Common

  *   No changes

OME Model

  *   xsd-fu: C++ OMEXMLModelObject template inserts missing links

OME Files

  *   MetadataTools: Resolve references after updating model objects
  *   Add pixel buffer interleaving example
  *   Update copyright dates

OME QtWidgets

  *   No changes

Super-Build 0.3.1
Package changes:

  *   ome-files 0.3.1: Updated package
  *   ome-model 5.5.1: Updated package

Future changes

Upcoming improvements include:

All components

  *   Enabling of additional C++11 features following testing of compiler support and compatibility
  *   Further performance profiling and scalability improvements

OME XML

  *   Support for the use of custom annotations with the OME-XML data model API
  *   This generalized annotation support will also be used for existing annotations including Modulo and OriginalMetadata
  *   Improved and more comprehensive OME-XML and OME-TIFF samples
  *   Improved documentation and code samples

OME Files

  *   Improvements to automated integration testing of OME-TIFF files

Super-Build

  *   Further improvements for building on Windows, including initial VS2017 support
  *   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
https://trello.com/b/WFYWCvoV/ome-files-0-4-0 (note that this is a work in progress and subject to change).

Errata

See https://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/ome-files-cpp-staging/ome-cmake-superbuild/manual/html/errata.html for this release.

Support

For any problems or comments, please use the OME forums or mailing lists.

Kind regards,

The OME team


Dr Helen Flynn
OME Technical Writer
Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression
Open Microscopy Environment
University of Dundee
http://openmicroscopy.org<http://openmicroscopy.org/>


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