.. index:: Big Data Viewer
.. index:: .xml, .h5

Big Data Viewer
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Extensions: .xml, .h5


Owner: `Tobias Pietzsch <https://imagej.net/BigDataViewer>`_

**Support**


BSD-licensed: |yes|

Export: |no|

Officially Supported Versions: 

Reader: BDVReader (:bsd-reader:`Source Code <BDVReader.java>`, :doc:`Supported Metadata Fields </metadata/BDVReader>`)




We currently have:

* a BDV specification document
* `public sample images <https://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/images/BDV/>`__



**Ratings**


Pixels: |Good|

Metadata: |Very good|

Openness: |Very Good|

Presence: |Good|

Utility: |Good|



