tags: Tuesday —

2025-06-10

Attending: Will, Petr, Frances, Dom, JM, Andreas, Seb, Josh, Kyle, Khaled, Melissa, Chris, Erin, Kevin,

Start: 2:00 pm UK

Accepting minutes from last meeting

Project Status

(2-3 minutes each)

• IDR (Frances):
  • prod128 ongoing. idr0151 drosophilia, and maybe one other.
    • New searchengine with support for partial reindexing
    • Will include study landing pages
    • Also omero-zarr-pixel-buffer deployment
• OMERO (Seb)
  • OMERO.server Java components
    • Merging https://github.com/ome/omero-server/pull/195 tomorrow barring objections by EOB
    • Releasing omero-server, omero-blitz and omero-gateway-java this week
    • Next: security tests run somewhere, OMERO release (TBD after JM and Petr back after next week)?
  • OMERO.web: no updates today
  • JM: started using GitHub UI tools for release: creates changelog for the release with PRs, contributors etc.
• Bio-Formats (Melissa)
  • 8.3.0 fixes in progress. Timeline TBD.
• NGFF
  • Josh
    • ELMI:
      • “FAIR” can go too far
      • Vendors “C++ implementation?”
    • Webinars
      • TARA (HCS in IDR)/TREK (not HCS)
  • OMERO/Zarr (from standup):
    • Dom: 3d and 4d zarr now working with #19 (omero-zarr-pixel-buffer), 2d works now too. Also still need integration tests for the PR.
    • JM: Working on non-AWS, #24 for pixel-buffer; and “register” image script .
      • Meeting with GS team week starting 23/06.
      • Dom will work on similar “register” script for plate.
      • Will: what’s the plan for Glencoe labels?
  • ome-zarr-py: Will: Investigating zarr v2 and v3 potential clashes. Any feedback appreciated!
• GerBI (Josh)
  • setting up a central OMERO with signups, cleanup etc as in demo server. Do we need better docs, advice?
  • Cleanup policy likely to be a mix of “demo” and “nightshade” behaviours.
  • How to warn users that particular data is at risk of being deleted (Trash can)?
  • Petr: demo server playbooks. We have seen big increase in demo sign-ups.

• Glencoe (Chris)

• Community
  • Petr: ELMI last week. Big meeting. 3 workshops and Q & A discussion well attended. OME T-shirts a big hit! Good discussions with Vendors.
  • India trip next week: Pune. JM & Petr.

AOB

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

Main Topic

(20-25 minutes plus 15 minutes questions max)