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resource is left building the tools they need and maintaining that
infrastructure often without dedicated funding.

This document defines a specification for bioimaging data to make it possible
to enable the conversion of proprietary formats into a common, cloud-ready one.
Such next-generation file formats layout data so that individual portions, or
"chunks", of large data are reference-able eliminating the need to download
entire datasets.
This document defines OME-Zarr, a specification for bioimaging data to make it
possible to enable the conversion of proprietary formats into a common,
cloud-ready one. Such a next-generation file format layouts data so that
individual portions, or "chunks", of large data are reference-able eliminating
the need to download entire datasets.


Why "NGFF"?
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Both of these formats permit storing individual chunks of data either locally in
separate files or in cloud-based object stores as separate keys.

An [updated Zarr version (v3)](https://zarr-specs.readthedocs.io/)
is underway to unify the two similar specifications to provide a single binary
An [updated Zarr version (v3)](https://zarr-specs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v3/core/v3.0.html)
has been accepted to unify the two similar specifications to provide a single binary
specification. See this [blog post](https://zarr.dev/blog/zep1-update/) for more information.
The file format now is called "OME-Zarr". The term "NGFF" is still refered to the community and [specification process](../rfc/index.md).

In addition to the next-generation file format (NGFF) [specifications](../specifications/index.md),
In addition to the [OME-Zarr specification](../specifications/index.md),
the pages listed below are intended to provide an overview of external resources available
for working with NGFF data.
for working with OME-Zarr data.

The following pages are intended to provide an overview of the available resources in the NGFF space:

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|6 (0.4/axes)| 2022-01-27| Constantin, Will, Seb| [image.sc](https://forum.image.sc/t/next-call-on-next-gen-bioimaging-data-tools-2022-01-27/60885)| [hackmd](https://hackmd.io/QfiBKHIoTZ-CJSp3q0Wykg)|
|7 (0.5/tables & transforms)| 2022-10-05| Kevin & John| [image.sc](https://forum.image.sc/t/ome-ngff-community-call-transforms-and-tables/71792)| [hackmd](https://hackmd.io/TyfrLiCqRteL0Xfc8HRiOA) |
|8 (Metadata) | 2023-03-15 | Wouter-Michiel | [image.sc](https://forum.image.sc/t/community-call-metadata-in-ome-ngff/77570/10) | [hackmd](https://hackmd.io/BqnK9Wm4QpGYAhYOoaFBQQ) |
|9 (Collections and labels) | 2024-04-03 | Norman | [image.sc](https://forum.image.sc/t/ome-ngff-community-call-labels-and-other-collections/93815) | [hackmd](https://hackmd.io/So61knrQR0iLftd2LGAVjA) |

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