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tags: Tuesday
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# 2024-06-18

Attending: Will, JM, Frances, Petr, Josh, Seb, June, Khaled, Melissa, David, Andreas, Kevin, Kyle, Maadhav, David S, Muhanad, Erin, Chris, Jason,

Start: 2:00 pm UK

## Accepting minutes from [last meeting](https://hackmd.io/team/ome?nav=overview)

## Project Status

(2-3 minutes each)

- IDR
- NGFF challenge, data TDB
- memo file generation in progress. More stable now but taking some time

- OMERO
- numpy 2.0: quick release
- see overarching https://github.com/ome/openmicroscopy/issues/6392
- Chris: good response, but keeping in mind how to not be surprised again
- Josh: e.g., https://scientific-python.org/specs/spec-0000/
- Andreas: working on tables API as mentioned recently
- Jean-Marie: looking into options to upgrade artifactory (3.0 -> 7.5!)
- Seb: [OMERO 5.7.0 project](https://github.com/orgs/ome/projects/26)
- split into uncontroversial issues versus larger, breaking (DB) changes

- Bio-Formats
- Next priorities for 8.0.0: wider team discussion...
- Melissa: dates when releases won't be possible? not set yet.

- NGFF (Josh)
- Zarr 3.0.0a0, numpy 2.0, dask, napari, oh my
- Challenge: meeting tomorrow.
- Back to RFCs

- GerBI (Josh)
- DICOM & showinf: issues of using some of our (older) tools at scale
- Public user patterns ([link](https://github.com/NFDI4BIOIMAGE/training/issues/72#issuecomment-2162356121))
- Is the best solution still

- Glencoe
- Upcoming meeting on OMERO/Zarr strategies. Watch this space.

- Community
- J-M (Trip to Panama): large (pollen) images. All manual. Bridging not being able to see their slides when they go home.
- Petr (ELMI): good workshops, presentations, etc.

## AOB

(5 min. max; tech. Discussion should be highlighted to relevant people and rescheduled)

## Main Topic

(20-25 minutes plus 15 minutes questions max)