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Josh Moore1, Chris Allan2, Sébastien Besson1
1University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Nature Methods
|November 30, 2021
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.

