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[ENH] Extend microscopy spec to support NGFF #1103

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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions src/04-modality-specific-files/10-microscopy.md
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Expand Up @@ -54,12 +54,10 @@ Microscopy raw data MUST be stored in one of the following formats:
(`.ome.tif` for standard TIFF files or `.ome.btf` for
[BigTIFF](https://www.awaresystems.be/imaging/tiff/bigtiff.html) files)

If different from PNG, TIFF or OME-TIFF, 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).
- [NGFF/OME-ZARR](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/) (`.ngff` - Note that these are directories.)

Future versions may extend this list of supported file formats, for example with the
Next-Generation File Formats currently developed by OME ([OME-NGFF](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/latest/))
as a successor to OME-TIFF for better remote sharing of large datasets.
If different from PNG, TIFF, OME-TIFF, or NGFF 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).

### Modality suffixes
Microscopy data currently support the following imaging modalities:
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