Migrating or Sharing Data with OME-XML

Data saved in an OME-XML File is easily read by any software capable of reading and interpreting OME-XML. OME software tools can export and import OME-XML Files, but any OME-XML-aware software can be used.

In the figure below, microscope image data is imported into My OME Database (more accurately, an instance of OME managing image data at one location). After a set of analyses is performed, this data is exported in its entirety (i.e., including binary image data, image metadata, and the associated analytic results) and then passed to a collaborator's OME database ("Your OME Database"). This strategy packages analytic data together with the image data to ensure none of the critical interpretative information is lost.