---
# System prepended metadata

title: '2021-05-18'
tags: [Tuesday]

---

---
tags: Tuesday
---

# 2021-05-18

Attending: Will, Petr, David, Dom, Seb, Frances, Josh, Jason, June, Andreas, Khaled, Melissa, Jean-Marie, Kevin, Chris, Erin,  

Start: 2:00 pm UK

## Accepting minutes from [last meeting](https://github.com/ome/meeting-minutes)

## Project Status

(2-3 minutes each)

- IDR
  - Next release: 1 study idr0109. Final issues in progress. Release before OME meeting
  - Release HPA run 10 after meeting
  - Latest release seems to fix stability issues

- NGFF
  - Review responses: dealing with HDF5, differing views
    - initial response prepared
  - Application for EOSS going in tomorrow
  - [0.3 (PR46)](https://github.com/ome/ngff/pull/46): "ready to merge" (with xarray support)
    - Feedback appreciated
    - Only needs dimension naming for xarray support
  - ZarrReader PR is green; testing in ome_zarr_test_suite.
    - Upcoming rename in next release OmeZarrReader
  - OME-XML metadata (cf. QUAREP-LiMi)
    - Use OME-XML (from BF2raw) as source of metadata for ome-zarr, prior to JSON metadata
    - 

- Releases
  - Upcoming: 
      - OMERO.web release
      - OMERO.figure ahead of the workshop
  - CLA contributor licence agreement
    - roll out to BioFormats (in progress, testing), then OMERO
    - PRs from external users - they will need to sign CLA

- Glencoe
  - bf2raw release this week or next
  - Need to keep lots of moving targets in sync - evolving formats
  - PRs coming for omero-web
  - User testing scenarios request

- OME2021
    - [Registration](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xVwZA9mIHnHv9KCuiMO27ktFmKLUQWRniVf_JIH4RSw/viewform?edit_requested=true) 
    - over 100 registrations
    - few videos already submitted
    - workshop runs ongoing
    - Seb: volunteers needed for testing zoom etc. Probably next week.

- Community
  - [DataLad.org](https://www.datalad.org/) - neuro community. Using git-annex to store large files
  - [SEEK](https://esciencelab.org.uk/products/seek/) - e-science UK & Germany. Like Zenodo. DOIs, metadata, search.
  - [openBIS](https://openbis.ch/) - integrated ELNs, sample management etc.
  - Complete system eg. openBIS -> OMERO -> SEEK workflow
  - 

## AOB

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

- Introductions :tada: Khaled starting this week

## Main Topic

(20-25 minutes plus 15 minutes questions max)
