... management and analysis system for biological microscopy The data model used by OME is represented in two distinct ways: a set of open- source software tools that use a relational database for information ... written for XML, including databases, editing tools, and parsing libraries Finally, and perhaps most important, XML is a plain-text format As a last resort, it can be opened in any text editor and ... binary image data and all information regarding the image acquisition and processing, and any results generated during analysis In this way, all aspects of the data acquisition, processing, and...