PMA.core 3.0.1

PMA.core 2.0.0 is revision 1803 of the PMA.core codebase. It follows PMA.core 1.2.2 (revision 915). It is a major revision, with many new features.

Cloud storage support

• Support for the S3 protocol, most known from Amazon AWS. The protocol is supported by many other vendors, including IBM, Western Digital (HGST), and Arvados, amongst others.
• Support for Microsoft Azure storage
• Databases can now be stored directly in Amazon's RDS, or Microsoft Azure SQLServer resources. If so desired, customers no longer need to depend on on-server installation of Microsoft SQLServer.

File format support

• 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

Meta-data handling

• Increased form label and name length
• For a high-level survey of how PMA.core handles meta-data, see our blog article.

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 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

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

Developer support

• Improved 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

See also

PMA.core release history