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Next-generation file format (NGFF) specifications for storing bioimaging data in the cloud.

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Merged PRs (30d): 20

Dominant language: Python
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Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
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115 open issues indexed

Drop minor fixes for 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3? Open

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ome/ngff#611 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 14, 2026
Add stats on tools? Open

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ome/ngff#606 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Add "Implementation" notes to RFCs? Open

documentation rfc

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ome/ngff#604 · Opened Sep 7, 2026
RFC-5 document needs updates for OME-Zarr 0.6rc0 Open

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ome/ngff#594 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 27, 2026
expand and constrain axis `unit` values (UDUNITS-2 controlled vocabulary, MUST) Open

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ome/ngff#593 · 11 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 27, 2026
[Issue]: minContains on ome.series is inert, so an empty series validates Open

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ome/ngff#602 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 26, 2026
Check for pdflatex PDF build (it only runs on RTD after merge on main) Open

infra

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

ome/ngff#591 · Opened Aug 25, 2026
RFC-4: making orientation.schema.json usable as a validator Open

rfc-4

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ome/ngff#586 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Disable link-preview in Read The Docs and remove hard-coded patches Open

infra

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ome/ngff#582 · Opened Aug 18, 2026
RFC 7: Channel Metadata (collective scoping) Open

scoping

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ome/ngff#580 · 73 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Document `spora` suit of OME-Zarr use cases Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#579 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Document anchor usage Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#576 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 6, 2026
add more comprehensive search of OME Zarrr publications to the publication page Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

ome/ngff#574 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
0.6rc0 schemas not served from homepage Open

bug

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ome/ngff#563 · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 30, 2026
non-functional linking in how-do-i-use-ome-zarr section of homepage Open

documentation

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

ome/ngff#562 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 26, 2026
Consider re-organizing the repository based on the progress of ome/governance Open

infra

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ome/ngff#557 · Opened Jul 2, 2026
Document/gather support for private S3 OME-Zarr access on tools Open

documentation

ome/ngff#550 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 30, 2026
EPIC: document and organize new tools and resources Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#543 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 16, 2026
EPIC: rendering settings Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#537 · 4 comments · Opened Jun 12, 2026
EPIC: `image-label` spec Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#536 · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 12, 2026
Do not allow `Identity` transformations in multiscale transformations Open

ome/ngff#513 · 11 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 13, 2026
Provide ome-zarr schema in linkML Open

infra

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ome/ngff#510 · 12 comments · 6 reactions · Opened May 11, 2026
Vizarr embedding does not work correctly on some Chrome builds Open

bug documentation

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ome/ngff#507 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 1, 2026
Pre-commit hooks for enforcing formatting Open

infra

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ome/ngff#493 · Opened Apr 1, 2026
[Issue]: semantics of a "pixel" Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

ome/ngff#492 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 27, 2026
explicitly define the original coordinate system of an array Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#490 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 21, 2026
Label multiscales' reference to the `source.image` is broken; should label a coordinate system instead Open

rfc-5

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ome/ngff#480 · 15 comments · Opened Mar 19, 2026
[Issue]: Should axes restrictions inside multsicales also apply to scene coordinate systems? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ome/ngff#491 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 19, 2026
Special characters in ngff-spec lead to build errors Open

bug

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

ome/ngff#479 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2026
Allow nesting HCS and Scenes? Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#476 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 15, 2026
Add some pointer to BIA ome-zarr datasets (perhaps as a Data Resource) Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#473 · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Adapt "field" terminology in the spec to canonical JSON terminology Open

enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

ome/ngff#472 · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Check spelling of author names in PRs for RFCs, comments and reviews Open

infra

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ome/ngff#467 · Opened Mar 6, 2026
Better differentiate between "array" and "Zarr array" in the spec Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

ome/ngff#465 · Opened Mar 4, 2026
Add `UUID` field to `multiscales` - moved from PR Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

ome/ngff#463 · 12 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Rename latest schema documents (#237) — moved from PR Open

infra

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ome/ngff#462 · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Document the discussion wrap-refresh process Open

documentation infra

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ome/ngff#461 · Opened Mar 3, 2026
Manually fix names in past Zenodo records (at least 0.5.2) Open

infra

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ome/ngff#444 · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Fix author names in zenodo record Open

infra

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

ome/ngff#442 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 19, 2026
How to associate multiple image types at the same spatial location in HCS? Open

question

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ome/ngff#441 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 17, 2026
OMERO schema is inconsistent with description Open

bug

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ome/ngff#430 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 27, 2026
Sort RFCs from highest number to lowest on website Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#426 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 19, 2026
Structure user stories for RFCs/Versions Open

documentation infra

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ome/ngff#425 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 16, 2026
Mosaic dimension in specification Open

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ome/ngff#416 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 13, 2026
better connect scattered documentation (e.g. ome-ngff-tools) with the website Open

documentation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ome/ngff#401 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 18, 2025
Improve the documentation of the RFC process Open

documentation

ome/ngff#400 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 18, 2025
.ozx technology compatibility kit Open

documentation enhancement rfc-9

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ome/ngff#398 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 15, 2025
Packages that vendor the JSON Schemas Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#395 · 7 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 12, 2025
Ad-free website Open

documentation

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ome/ngff#393 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 11, 2025
camelCase vs snake_case Open

enhancement

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ome/ngff#347 · 8 comments · 9 reactions · Opened Oct 8, 2025

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