OME-NGFF: a next-generation file format for expanding bioimaging data-access strategies.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34845388.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41592-021-01326-w and PMC identifier 8648559.
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Abstract
The rapid pace of innovation in biological imaging and the diversity of its applications have prevented the establishment of a community-agreed standardized data format. We propose that complementing established open formats such as OME-TIFF and HDF5 with a next-generation file format such as Zarr will satisfy the majority of use cases in bioimaging. Critically, a common metadata format used in all these vessels can deliver truly findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable bioimaging data.
Medical subject headings
- Computational Biology
- Metadata
- Microscopy
- Software