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Nature 443, 1021 (26 October 2006) | doi:10.1038/4431021a; Published online 25 October 2006

Tower of Babel

The Open Microscopy Environment (OME) first emerged from the recognition that an explosion in imaging data was imminent. Image files were becoming bigger and more complex, representing copious data on numerous parameters as well as experiment-specific 'metadata'.