Changes For June 2011

The new major release of the schema has a new namespace and all version numbers are reset to 1. As a major release, any file that validated correctly using the last major release will probably not validate correctly using this new release. Some files that failed to validate before will now be valid. It is important to update any file readers and writers to understand the changes.

Version

• The version number of all schema files is now 1

Namespace

This schema uses the new namespace

http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/[NameSpaceTitle]/2011-06/

For the OME schema

http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2011-06/

and that the schema file will be located at

http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2011-06/ome.xsd

Overview of Changes

• Polyline and Path are DEPRECATED.
• ROI font enumerations have been updated.
• The creation of the Metadata Only Companion OME-XML and Binary Only OME-TIFF files.
• A creator attribute has been added for OME-XML & OME-TIFF.
• The OTF (Optical Transfer Function) is DEPRECATED.

ROI

• Polyline and Path are DEPRECATED as they are due to be replaced in the next major release to provide support for 3-dimensional objects see http://www.ome-xml.org/wiki/ROI.
• FontFamily has been changed so it matches the standard HTML/CSS values.
• FontStyle as been changed so it matches more closely to standard HTML/CSS.

OME

• The OME node has been modified to allow creation of the Metadata Only Companion OME-XML and Binary Only OME-TIFF files.
• The OME node Creator attribute can now contain the name and version of the creating application.
• The Physical size of a pixel is now restricted to a positive value.
• MicrobeamManipulation can now have a Description.
• OTF (Optical Transfer Function) is DEPRECATED and is due for removal in the next major release.