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OMERO Platform v4.2.2

Overview of OMERO

OME Remote Objects (OMERO) is a modern client-server software platform for visualising, managing, and annotating scientific image data. OMERO also provides components for image importing, archiving, protocol recording, and user administration. OMERO consists of a Java server, several Java client applications, as well as Python and C++ bindings and a Django-based web application. See the OMERO feature list.

The OMERO server is built as a set of separate but linked subsystems. All imported image data is split into two types: binary pixel data is stored in an image repository and accessed through the Rendering Engine and other services while all experimental and image metadata are stored within a relational database and accessed through the OMERO Metadata Service. The database is a representation of the OME Data Model and is mapped to objects via Hibernate.

The suite of Java-based tools for data visualisation and management, the OMERO clients, is cross-platform. To run on your computer they require Java 1.5 or 1.6 be installed. This is included with most modern systems and is an easy install for others from http://java.com.

The OMERO.insight client gets all of its information from a remote OMERO server — the location of the server is specified at login. Since this connection utilises a standard network connection, the client can be run anytime the user is connected to the internet.

There are a number of demonstration videos available on the Features List page providing an overview of the applications. For an initial impression please browse out screenshots. For a detailed overview of the OMERO clients, see the OMERO.clients.

Most other technical documentation is located on the developer maintained Trac systems for either the server or clients.

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