Re: OME Compliant Specification

Posted by Jean-Yves Tinevez-3 on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/OME-Compliant-Specification-tp5122114p5124769.html

On May 31, 2010, at 4:59 PM, Jason Swedlow wrote:

Dear All-

Today, we are publishing a commentary on file formats in the Journal
of Cell Biology.  The full text is available at:

[snip.]

  New file formats should not be created
with every new software release.  At the very least, the option of
writing data to open, standardized file formats must be supported in
all software, whether open or proprietary.  We understand that
exceptional cases exist where specialized image data or metadata
require proprietary, custom formats.  

Hi Jason.

Fantastic work; the paper is excellent.

But maybe we could turn the above fact upside down, and ask questions to manufacturers:

- If you are a software engineer working for a microscope company, why did you chose to create a new file format instead of using existing, open ones? 

- Is there missing features, e.g. in OME specification that made you chose to go for your own?

- If they were implemented in OME 'tomorrow', will your product go for OME format? 

I guess there is people working for Zeiss, Leica, Olympus, etc.. reading this mailing-list. Maybe they could care to give us a clue as why?

Best

jy

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