Release of OME Files C++ 0.1.1

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, metadatastore, XSL transforms and XML validation)
• OME-TIFF reader
• OME-TIFF writer

The focus of this release is minor bugfixing following the major changes made in the recent 0.1.0 release.

Major changes in this release include:

• Handling transform failure gracefully

Downloads

The software release is available at archived downloads

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.

Changes since OME Files C++ 0.1.0

OME Common

• Correct modification times of generated files in source archive

OME XML

• Correct modification times of generated files in source archive

OME Files

• Correct modification times of generated files in source archive
• Add unit tests for non-square TIFF files
• Correct names of manual pages following repository rename
• Correct line ending style of generated CMake configuration script

OME QtWidgets

No changes.

Super-Build 0.1.1

• Correct modification times of generated files in source archive
• Improve installation location for documentation and binaries for download
• Add the build number to release binary archives
• Add support for applying patch files
• Add patch and tofrodos packages to allow transparent patching on Windows
• Update Xalan patches to include Debian patches to avoid segfault on transform failure due to a bug in Xalan
• Package changes:
  • ome-common 5.2.0: Updated package
  • ome-files 0.1.1: Updated
  • ome-xml 5.2.0-m3: Updated (was bioformats)
  • switch from static files to patches, and include relevant Debian patches

Future changes

The planned changes over the next few weeks include:

OME XML

• 2015-01 model support (includes unit conversion support)

OME Files

• documentation rework, including updates for the new CMake options for building and the supported versions of all components
• porting of recent Java fixes to the OME-TIFF reader and writer

Super-Build

• VS2015 support
• building and packaging of Sphinx documentation
• updating of the set of platforms binary builds are provided for

Errata

Support for building on Windows with msbuild is currently non-functional; please use Ninja for the time being.

Support

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