.. index:: 3i SlideBook
.. index:: .sld

3i SlideBook
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Extensions: .sld

Developer: `Intelligent Imaging Innovations`_

Owner: `Intelligent Imaging Innovations`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |no|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0

Reader: SlidebookReader (:bfreader:`Source Code <SlidebookReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/SlidebookReader>`)




We currently have:

* Numerous SlideBook datasets

We would like to have:

* A SlideBook specification document 
* More SlideBook datasets (preferably acquired with the most recent SlideBook software)

**Ratings**


Pixels: |Very good|

Metadata: |Good|

Openness: |Fair|

Presence: |Very good|

Utility: |Fair|

**Additional Information**


We strongly encourage users to export their .sld files to OME-TIFF 
using the SlideBook software.  Bio-Formats is not likely to support the full 
range of metadata that is included in .sld files, and so exporting to 
OME-TIFF from SlideBook is the best way to ensure that all metadata is 
preserved. 
Free software from 3i can export the files to OME-TIFF post-acquisition, see 
https://www.intelligent-imaging.com/slidebook.

3i also develops a native SlideBook reader which works with Bio-Formats. See 
http://www.openmicroscopy.org/info/slidebook for details.

.. seealso:: 
  `Slidebook software overview <https://www.intelligent-imaging.com/slidebook>`_ 

.. _Intelligent Imaging Innovations: http://www.intelligent-imaging.com/
