Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.5.2 which includes the following changes:
File format fixes and improvements:
- Olympus FluoView FV1000
- fix for java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException caused by filter name of "---" (thanks to Stefan Helfrich)
 - refactored channel metadata population and increased usage of DataTools utility functions
 
 - Zeiss CZI
- fixed detection of Z line scans that caused incorrect dimensions in certain filesets
 - improved exception handling of truncated/invalid files
 
 - Veeco AFM
- fixed reading of tiled images
 
 - Hamamatsu ndpi
- prevented potential memory leak by ensuring all TiffParser streams are closed
 
 
Bug fixes:
- OMEXMLServiceImpl
- improved exception handling to deal with potential java.lang.NullPointerException when unable to locate OME-XML version while attempting to transform to the latest version
 
 
Documentation improvements:
- updated documentation to be compatible with the latest version of Sphinx 1.6
 - fixed the usage/references of the option markup in documentation
 - fixed the table in the Micro-Manager user page
 - updated metadata ratings for supported formats
 
Updated build system:
- OME-Model version bump
- the ome-model component has been updated to 5.5.4 which includes improvements to performance, documentation and the C++ model implementation
 
 
Full details can be found at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... s-new.html
The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.5.2
and will shortly be available from the Java-8 update site for Fiji users.
Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community
Thank you to all the members of the community who contributed to the success of Bio-Formats with patches and helpful suggestions over the last year.
Regards,
The OME Team
    
