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# OME-Zarr

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A cloud-friendly, FAIR, AI-ready, community-driven open format for bioimaging data.
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:::{grid-item-card} Community 💬
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A global community of developers and users working together to streamline bioimaging data management and analysis.
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:::{grid-item-card} Specifications 📜
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Details for developers and implementers of OME-Zarr on the stable and development releases of the specification.
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The documents and discussions through which the community shapes the development of OME-Zarr. Anyone can participate.
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A collection of resources for users and developers, including datasets, tools, publications, and learning materials.
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:::{grid-item-card} Publications 📢
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Papers and preprints written by the OME-NGFF community or using OME-Zarr.
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:::{grid-item-card} Help Desk ☎️
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FAQs and directions on getting support with OME-Zarr.
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OME-Zarr is a combination of the [Zarr](https://zarr.dev) format for cloud-optimized storage of scientific arrays and a custom [Open Microscopy Environment (OME)](https://www.openmicroscopy.org/) metadata model, tailored for modern bioimaging needs.

It is the technical choice for a Next Generation File Format (NGFF) for bioimaging data. For the background, see _Moore, J., Allan, C., Besson, S. et al. OME-NGFF: a next-generation file format for expanding bioimaging data-access strategies. Nature Methods 18, 1496–1498 (2021). [doi:10.1038/s41592-021-01326-w](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01326-w)_

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