Re: OME Compliant Specification

Posted by Jason Swedlow on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/OME-Compliant-Specification-tp5122114p5124971.html

Hi Jean-Yves:

Thanks.  Remember, many of the commercial vendors already support
output to OME formats, and more are working on it now.  We welcome any
feedback, especially on quality of documentation and support.  We're
not done with this by a long shot, so any suggestions most welcome.
We've already had great feedback from a number of commercial
developers and always welcome more.

Cheers,

Jason


On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Jean-Yves Tinevez <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> 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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