Open Microscopy Environment - Extensible Markup Language format
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OME-XML format
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Abstract
OME-XML is a file format for storing microscopy information (both pixels and metadata) using the OME Data Model.
The purpose of OME-XML is to provide a rich, extensible way to save information concerning microscopy experiments and the images acquired therein, including:
dimensional parameters defining the scope of the image pixels (e.g. resolution, number of focal planes, number of time points, number of channels) the hardware configuration used to acquire the image planes (e.g. microscope, detectors, lenses, filters) the settings used with said hardware (e.g. physical size of the image planes in microns, laser gain and offset, channel configuration) the person performing the experiment some details regarding the experiment itself, such as a description, the type of experiment (e.g. FRET, time-lapse, fluorescence lifetime) and events occurring during acquisition (e.g. laser ablation, stage motion)
additional custom information you may wish to provide about your experiment in a structured form (known as Structured Annotations).