Adding format/reader documentation pages ======================================== .. _Velocity: http://velocity.apache.org/ Documentation pages for the supported formats and readers are auto-generated during the build. This page explains how to amend/extend this part of the Bio-Formats documentation. Formats ------- The supported formats pages are generated as part of the documentation build using :program:`maven`. The metadata for each format is contained in :doc_source:`format-pages.txt ` and the build generates a reStructuredText file for each format as well as an index page for all supported formats using Velocity_. The :file:`format-pages.txt` is an INI file where each section corresponds to a particular format given by the section header. Multiple key/values should be defined for each section:: pagename The name of the output reStructuredText file. If unspecified, the section header will be used to generate the filename. extensions The list of extensions supported for the format owner The owner of the file format developer The developer of the file format bsd A `yes/no` flag specifying whether the format readers/writers are under the BSD license versions A comma-separated list of all versions supported for this format weHave A bullet-point list describing the supporting material we have for this format including specification and sample datasets weWant A bullet-point list describing the supporting material we would like to have for this format pixelRating metadataRating opennessRating presenceRating utilityRating See :term:`Ratings legend and definitions`. Available choices are: `Poor`, `Fair`, `Good`, `Very Good`, `Outstanding`. The `metadataRating` should be set as follows: * base `metadataRating` is the smaller of `opennessRating` and `pixelsRating` * increment `metadataRating` by 1 if any combination of `Instrument.ID` plus `Image.InstrumentRef`, or `Channel.EmissionWavelength`, or `Channel.ExcitationWavelength` are supported * increment `metadataRating` by 1 if any SPW metadata is supported or :term:`pyramid` is ``yes`` reader A string or a comma-separated list of all readers for this format mif set to ``true`` if the format can store multiple Images (in OME-XML terminology) or series (in Bio-Formats API terminology) pyramid set to ``yes`` if the format can store a single image at multiple resolutions notes Additional relevant information e.g. that we cannot distribute specification documents to third parties options A link to additional reader and writer options documentation where they are available for the format Dataset structure table ----------------------- The summary table listing the extensions for each reader is generated by the build process reading their extensions and descriptions from all Bio-Formats readers (BSD and GPL). A reStructuredText file with a table summary of all file extensions is created. Readers ------- The metadata pages for each reader are generated by the build process parsing their metadata support from all Bio-Formats readers (BSD and GPL). An intermediate :file:`meta-support.txt` file is created which is then converted into one reStructuredText page for each reader as well as a metadata summary reStructuredText file using Velocity_.