Bio-Formats July 2008 Release

LOCI has released a new version of Bio-Formats. This release contains the following changes:

• Fixed bugs in most file format readers
• Fixed bugs in OME and OMERO download functionality
• Fixed bugs in OME server-side import
• Improved metadata storage/retrieval when uploading to and downloading from the OME Perl server
• Improved Bio-Formats ImageJ macro extensions
• Major updates to MetadataStore API
• Updated OME-XML generation to use 2008-02 schema by default
• Addressed time and memory performance issues in many readers
• Changed license from LGPL to GPL
• Added support for the FEI file format
• Added support for uncompressed Hamamatsu Aquacosmos NAF files
• Added support for Animated PNG files
• Added several new options to Bio-Formats ImageJ plugin
• Added support for writing ICS files

You can download the latest release from the Bio-Formats website: http://loci.wisc.edu/ome/formats-download.html.

If you have questions, concerns or comments about the software, please feel free to contact us at bioformats@loci.wisc.edu.