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Log file with each acquisition. #179
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Instead of just a log file that is difficult to parse automatically, a more interesting solution would be to dump a ome xml file. This would also solve the limits we have on the standard mrc base header. An even more interesting approach, is to store such ome xml file in the extended header. |
Carnë Draug notifications@github.com writes:
The log is for humans, software should read the image file metadata. I
Good idea, this solves the software version but it is also nice to have Ian |
Ian Dobbie notifications@github.com writes:
That's because a human shouldn't be parsing it. An application should Just like you can get details from a png or jpeg, you don't need a separate I think having to use something specific to get that information instead
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Hi, I do agree with Ian on the practical side of the log file. On my experience, on the OMX I find users and my self reading the log file very often. The usual scenario is you find your good image, open the corresponding log file and check settings, to compare, apply, etc. We use OMERO to store the images, and it does not show all the necessary acquisition parameters. We just click in companion file and view. Boom. You get all relevant information. I do agree that all this information should be stored in a structured way in the image file, but I do not see the conflict in duplicating thsi info in a xml header AND in a log file… Cheers, Julio |
Because if you have the data duplicated, then you need to worry about keeping |
Also needs to store laser powers and camera acquisition parameters, Pointed out by Cvic and Sebastian today. |
We should dump a text logfile detailing information about each acquired image file. Softworx does this and it is extremely useful. Filename should be as the image file but with .log extension.
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