ZEN-- new file formats?

[Jason Swedlow]

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A quick question, about the new ZEN software from Zeiss.  As you will remember from previous emails, the OME Consortium is dedicated to supporting as many proprietary file formats as possible through Bio-Formats (http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html), the open library for file format translation.  Regarding ZEN, a question:

ZEN supports a number of file formats, but does it write any new file formats?  We haven't seen any in the free ZEN LE, but is there a full version of ZEN, and does it have a new file format?  We're asking because we've been asked to support the "new ZEN format", but can't figure out what that is.

Thanks much for any advice.

Cheers,

Jason, and the whole OME Team

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[Michael Weber-4]

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Jason,

according to Zeiss, the ZEN-*.lsm is similar to v4-*.lsm. The ending is
the same, and I was told that the structure is the same as well. There
are no *.mdbs anymore, but the images themselves should not cause troubles.

Michael


Jason Swedlow wrote:

> Search the CONFOCAL archive at
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal Hi All-
>
> A quick question, about the new ZEN software from Zeiss.  As you will
> remember from previous emails, the OME Consortium is dedicated to
> supporting as many proprietary file formats as possible through
> Bio-Formats (http://www.loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats.html), the open
> library for file format translation.  Regarding ZEN, a question:
>
> ZEN supports a number of file formats, but does it write any new file
> formats?  We haven't seen any in the free ZEN LE, but is there a full
> version of ZEN, and does it have a new file format?  We're asking
> because we've been asked to support the "new ZEN format", but can't
> figure out what that is.
>
> Thanks much for any advice.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason, and the whole OME Team
>
> **************************
> Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression
> College of Life Sciences
> MSI/WTB/JBC Complex
> University of Dundee
> Dow Street
> Dundee DD1 5EH
> United Kingdom
>
> phone [phone]
> Intl phone: [phone]
> FAX [phone]
> email: [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
> Lab Page: http://www.dundee.ac.uk/lifesciences/swedlow/
> Open Microscopy Environment: http://openmicroscopy.org
> **************************