Minimum Specification

This was developed in conjunction with the September 2009 release of the OME-XML Model

A minimum specification OME file has been defined. This is best viewed as being the minimum required for the display of an image. A sample of the structure is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ome:OME xmlns:bf="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/BinaryFile/2009-09"
    xmlns:ome="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2009-09"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2009-09 
                        http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2009-09/ome.xsd">
    <ome:Image ID="Image:1" Name="Name92">
        <ome:AcquiredDate>2009-03-16T15:41:51.0Z</ome:AcquiredDate>
        <ome:Pixels 
            ID="Pixels:1" 
            DimensionOrder="XYZCT" 
            Type="int8" 
            SizeX="2" 
            SizeY="2" 
            SizeZ="2"
            SizeC="2" 
            SizeT="2">
            <bf:BinData 
                BigEndian="false" 
                Compression="none" 
                Length="12"
                >ZGVmYXVsdA==</bf:BinData>
        </ome:Pixels>
    </ome:Image>
</ome:OME>

The data in this sample is nonsense.

An alternative valid forms:

• Would have a <ome:TiffData/> block instead of the bf:BinData block. This would be used in the header of an OME-TIFF file.
• Would have a <ome:MetadataOnly/> block instead of the bf:BinData block. This would be used in the header of a metadata only ome file.