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More specificity describing OME-ZARR
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TheChymera committed Jun 30, 2022
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the [OME-TIFF file specifications](https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/ome-model/6.1.2/ome-tiff/file-structure.html).
The OME-TIFF file allows for multi-page TIFF files to store multiple image planes and supports
multi-resolution pyramidal tiled images. An OME-XML data block is also embedded inside the
file’s header.
file’s header. Further, OME-ZARR (sometimes refered to as OME-NGFF or NGFF) has been developed to provide improved
access and storage for large data via chunked and compressed N-dimensional arrays.

The BIDS standard accepts microscopy data in a number of file formats to accommodate datasets
stored in 2D image formats and whole-slide imaging formats, to accommodate lossless and lossy
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(`.ome.tif` for standard TIFF files or `.ome.btf` for
[BigTIFF](https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff.html) files)

- [NGFF/OME-ZARR](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/) (`.ome.zarr` directories)
- [OME-ZARR/NGFF](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/) (`.ome.zarr` directories)

If different from PNG, TIFF, OME-TIFF, or NGFF, the original unprocessed data in the native format MAY be
If different from PNG, TIFF, OME-TIFF, or OME-ZARR, the original unprocessed data in the native format MAY be
stored in the [`/sourcedata` directory](../02-common-principles.md#source-vs-raw-vs-derived-data).

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