Bio-Formats 5.0.0-rc1 Downloads

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Bio-Formats tools downloads

Size	File Name	Checksum
16.14 MB	loci_tools.jar	4f690e (MD5)
12.43 KB	bftools.zip	45e791 (MD5)
13.82 KB	bfmatlab.zip	321d33 (MD5)

loci_tools.jar is complete bundle (for end users) containing everything needed to read images into ImageJ using Bio-Formats. Instructions for installing Bio-Formats in ImageJ are available in the user guide.
bftools.zip is a bundle of scripts for using Bio-Formats on the command line.
bfmatlab.zip is a bundle of functions for using Bio-Formats from MATLAB.

Project	5.0.0-rc1	Trunk build	Daily build
Core
Bio-Formats library	bio-formats.jar	bio-formats.jar	bio-formats.jar
SCIFIO	scifio.jar	scifio.jar	scifio.jar
LOCI Common	loci-common.jar	loci-common.jar	loci-common.jar
OME-XML Java library	ome-xml.jar	ome-xml.jar	ome-xml.jar
LOCI Legacy	loci-legacy.jar	loci-legacy.jar	loci-legacy.jar
SCIFIO Development library	scifio-devel.jar	scifio-devel.jar	scifio-devel.jar
SCIFIO Test library	scifio-test.jar	scifio-test.jar	scifio-test.jar
OME Model Specification	specification.jar	specification.jar	specification.jar
LOCI Plugins for ImageJ	loci_plugins.jar	loci_plugins.jar	loci_plugins.jar
Metakit	metakit.jar	metakit.jar	metakit.jar
OME I/O	ome-io.jar	ome-io.jar	ome-io.jar
OME Tools	ome_tools.jar	ome_tools.jar	ome_tools.jar
OME Plugins for ImageJ	ome_plugins.jar	ome_plugins.jar	ome_plugins.jar
LOCI testing framework	loci-testing-framework.jar	loci-testing-framework.jar	loci-testing-framework.jar
Forks
JAI Image I/O Tools	jai_imageio.jar	jai_imageio.jar	jai_imageio.jar
MDB Tools (Java port)	mdbtools-java.jar	mdbtools-java.jar	mdbtools-java.jar
Apache Jakarta POI	poi-loci.jar	poi-loci.jar	poi-loci.jar
TurboJPEG	turbojpeg.jar	turbojpeg.jar	turbojpeg.jar
Stubs
Luratech LuraWave stubs	lwf-stubs.jar	lwf-stubs.jar	lwf-stubs.jar