Minimum specification

This was developed in conjunction with the September 2009 release of the OME-XML Model and has been updated to the June 2016 release.

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 xmlns="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2016-06"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2016-06
                         http://www.openmicroscopy.org/Schemas/OME/2016-06/ome.xsd">
  <Image ID="Image:1" Name="Name92">
    <Pixels
       ID="Pixels:1"
       DimensionOrder="XYZCT"
       Type="int8"
       SizeX="2"
       SizeY="2"
       SizeZ="2"
       SizeC="2"
       SizeT="2">
      <BinData
         BigEndian="false"
         Compression="none"
         Length="12"
         >ZGVmYXVsdA==</BinData>
    </Pixels>
  </Image>
</OME>

Alternative valid forms:

• would have a <TiffData/> block instead of the BinData block (this would be used in the header of an OME-TIFF file)
• would have a <MetadataOnly/> block instead of the BinData block (this would be used as a companion to one or more BinaryOnly OME-TIFF files)

Note

A units system was added in January 2015. This sample assumes the default unit for each value is used.