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 PMA.core 2.0.0 is revision 1803 of the PMA.core codebase. It follows [[what_s_new_in_version_1.2.2|PMA.core 1.2.2]] (revision 915). It is a **major** revision, with many new features. PMA.core 2.0.0 is revision 1803 of the PMA.core codebase. It follows [[what_s_new_in_version_1.2.2|PMA.core 1.2.2]] (revision 915). It is a **major** revision, with many new features.
  
-Cloud storage support+** Cloud storage support ​**
  
   * Support for the [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​s3/​|S3]] protocol, most known from [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​|Amazon AWS]]. The protocol is supported by many other vendors, including [[https://​www.ibm.com/​cloud/​object-storage|IBM]],​ Western Digital (HGST), and [[https://​www.arvados.org|Arvados]],​ amongst others.   * Support for the [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​s3/​|S3]] protocol, most known from [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​|Amazon AWS]]. The protocol is supported by many other vendors, including [[https://​www.ibm.com/​cloud/​object-storage|IBM]],​ Western Digital (HGST), and [[https://​www.arvados.org|Arvados]],​ amongst others.
   * Support for [[https://​azure.microsoft.com/​en-us/​product-categories/​storage/​|Microsoft Azure]] storage   * Support for [[https://​azure.microsoft.com/​en-us/​product-categories/​storage/​|Microsoft Azure]] storage
-  * Databases can now be stored directly in [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​rds/​|Amazon'​s RDS]], or [[https://​azure.microsoft.com/​en-us/​services/​sql-database/​|Microsoft Azure SQLServer]] resources. ​IF so desired, customers no longer need to depend on on-server installation of Microsoft SQLServer.+  * Databases can now be stored directly in [[https://​aws.amazon.com/​rds/​|Amazon'​s RDS]], or [[https://​azure.microsoft.com/​en-us/​services/​sql-database/​|Microsoft Azure SQLServer]] resources. ​If so desired, customers no longer need to depend on on-server installation of Microsoft SQLServer.
  
-External annotation support ​+** File format support ** [ [[supported_file_formats|see also page on file formats]] ] 
 + 
 +  * Improved TIFF file handling 
 +  * Added support for single component JPEG2000 streams and fluorescent SVS slides 
 +  * Added support for Aperio AFI slides 
 +  * Added support for Hamamatsu NDPIS slides 
 +  * Prevent reading channel color in brightfield images 
 +  * Improved Perkin Elmer QPTIFF slide handling 
 +  * Added support for DICOM and TIFF export in render region 
 +  * Added Olympus Webview format 
 +  * Implement z-stacks for Leica SCN slides 
 +  * Improved MRXS handling and rendering ​ (memory usage with respect to tile coordinates) 
 +  * Improved BIF handling 
 +  * Re-wrote CZI parsing logic (so not not be dependent on vendor binaries and be able to support the file format in a cloud context) 
 +  * Added support for Unic Tech TMAP file format 
 +  * Improved support for Huron TIFF slides 
 +  * Added support for JPEGXR-encoded MRXS slides 
 +  * Added support for Perkin Elmer QPTiff brightfield slides 
 +  * Added support for Microsoft Deepzoom DZI file format (also used by [[https://​openseadragon.github.io/​|OpenSeaDragon]]) 
 +  * Added support for multi-file [[https://​www.openmicroscopy.org/​|OME]] TIFF slides 
 +  * Added support for JPEG-XR (as a separate file format). 
 +  * ImageInfo dictionaries are now enriched with vendor-specific meta-data 
 +  * Improved support for Olympus VSI slides (z-stacking,​ fluo) 
 +  * Added support for KFBio file format 
 +  * Added support for Omnyx RTS file format 
 +  * Added support for Philips iSyntax file format 
 +  * Improved support for DICOM (YCbCr photometric interpretation and JPEG 2000 streams) 
 +  * Improved support for NDPI (barcode clipping) 
 + 
 +** Meta-data handling ** [ [[https://​realdata.pathomation.com/​how-to-handle-slide-meta-data/​|see also blog article]] ] 
 + 
 +  * Increased form label and name length  
 +  * Increased FormFieldValue length 
 +  * Manage external connections and data sources (SQLServer / Oracle) 
 +  * Form list value IDs are not zero-based (when set via the API) 
 +  * Implemented PMANN (Pathomation Annotation) provisions for grouped annotation sets 
 + 
 +** External annotation support ​**
  
   * PMA.core 2.0 supports MLD annotation files from Visiopharm, and ANNOTATION annotation files from Indica Labs (HALO).   * PMA.core 2.0 supports MLD annotation files from Visiopharm, and ANNOTATION annotation files from Indica Labs (HALO).
   * PMA.core 2.0 supports embedded (native) annotations from a number of select hardware vendors, including Aperio (SVS) and 3DHistech (MRXS).   * PMA.core 2.0 supports embedded (native) annotations from a number of select hardware vendors, including Aperio (SVS) and 3DHistech (MRXS).
 +  * Export annotations to HALO Indicate Labs .ANNOTATION files
 +  * Export annotations to Visiopharm .MLD files
 +  * Export annotations to Aperio XML files
 +  * Convert native and 3rd party annotations to other formats
 +
 +** Other features **
 +
 +  * Fixed bug with regards to Elmah error handling
 +  * Software no longer depends on in-memory tile caching, which was buggy
 +  * Fixed bug in ACL overview
 +  * Fix in installation checks
 +  * Obtain a user's IP address when a session is accessed
 +  * Add "​Any"​ option to password restriction config
 +  * Fixed references to use /admin instead of /api where needed, which leads to a more secure application
 +  * Add check for expired sessions in admin/​SessionInfo
 +  * Conditionally reject users with duplicate email addresses; also check for email uniqueness during user update
 +  * Improved email report
 +  * Only search online root-directories;​ catch Amazon S3 exceptions and continue searching
 +  * Improved handling of non-existing root-directories
 +  * Error string fixed
 +  * Proper handling of empty cache
 +  * User interface improvements for image management pages
 +  * Improved cache control
 +  * License history is now available for troubleshooting and tracking
 +  * [[https://​realdata.pathomation.com/​fingerprinting-applications/​|Fingerprinting]] can now be used to request annotations and forms (meta-data)
 +  * Added support for TLS 1.2
 +  * Updated barcode reading (OCR) library
 +  * LDAP improvements
 +  * Added built-in search capabilities to image management pages
 +  * Site-to-site slide transfer is now possible (works independently from [[https://​www.pathomation.com|PMA.transfer]] )
 +  * Implemented channel clipping and (fluo) histogram functionality
 +  * Root-directories can now have a quota limit
  
 +** Developer support **
  
 +  * Improved [[https://​swagger.io/​|swagger]] documentation
 +  * Added PMA.UI slide visualization framework documentation
 +  * Add SessionInfo call to AdminService API
 +  * Enhancements with regards to tracing database security
 +  * Control root directory access through AdminService API
 +  * Suspend user accounts via API
 +  * ExportAnnotations() API call allows for automated annotation export and conversion
 +  * Improved API capabilities for form (meta-data) automation
 +  * Upload automation is possible as an alternative to [[https://​www.pathomation.com/​pma.transfer|PMA.transfer]]
 +  * Several API methods were re-implemented to now support multiple SlideRef arguments for improved performance
  
 ** See also ** ** See also **
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