The entire OME ontology
is defined in terms of semantic types in a series of documents (listed below) under the
src/xml/OME/Core
folder of your OME distribution. These files form the core of the OME system and the semantic
types they comprise are imported into OME upon system installation.
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Experiment.ome:
An experiment describes the context in which an experimenter acquired data.
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Experimenter.ome:
Experimenters are OME users. Experimenters are associated with the OME objects they import and derive.
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Group.ome:
Experimenters belong to a group. An experimenter's group has implications in terms of access control.
Groups can be a lab or a project group. They are not meant to represent an institution or a company.
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Image.ome:
Defines semantic types specific to an Image such as Pixels, Dimensions, ImagingEnvironment, etc. .
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Instrument.ome:
Describes a microscope.
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Plate.ome:
Defines semantic types to describe the plates that make up a high-throughput screen.
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Screen.ome:
Describes a high-throughput screen with the plates and images that comprise it.