2.9.0

MatNWB API

• Changed DataPipe shape validation to rely on maxSize instead of actual size. by @ehennestad in #716
• Updated class generator to skip setting inherited properties in subclass constructor by @ehennestad in #721
• Improved error messages when export of internal DataPipes fails by @ehennestad in #718
• Fixed shape validation for TimeSeries and subtypes of PatchClampSeries by @ehennestad in #714
• Support NWB schema v2.9.0 by @ehennestad in #719

Developer

• Updated test workflow to run lighter testing on draft PRs by @ehennestad in #720
• Support running test workflow manually by @ehennestad in #725

Full Changelog: 2.8.1...2.9.0

2.8.1 - Add DandiHub edition of read NWB file tutorial

What's Changed

• Add DandiHub edition of read NWB file tutorial (modified) by @ehennestad, @vijayiyer05 in #704, #702
• Add utility function io.config.applyDatasetConfiguration function for applying pre-set or custom options for chunking and compression of datasets in NWB file by @ehennestad in #636
• Add error and warning in nwbRead if potential NWB schema version conflicts are detected by @ehennestad in #707

Full Changelog: 2.8.0...2.8.1

v2.8.0 Support NWB Schema 2.8.0

MatNWB API

• Add support for NWB schemas v2.8.0 by @ehennestad in #630
• Add function for installing extensions (nwbInstallExtension) by @ehennestad in #637
• Add wrapper function for running nwbinspector (inspectNwbFile) by @ehennestad in #684
• Change: Ensure core and hdmf-common specifications are embedded in NWBFile by default by @ehennestad in #674
• Change: Only embed specs/namespaces for types that are included in NWB file on export by @ehennestad in #615
• Fix: Make inherited read-only datasets from schema read-only properties in matnwb by @ehennestad in #640
• Fix: types.untyped.SoftLink should now throw an error if an unsupported neurodata type is provided as input (issue #559) by @ehennestad in #634
• Improve error message if adding neurodata types of the wrong types as property values of other neurodata type objects by @ehennestad in #638
• Change: Throw error on export if required dependent properties are missing by @ehennestad in #667
• Change: Support adding string type as value to neurodata object properties by @ehennestad in #675
• Fix: getRow method for dynamic table by @ehennestad in #648
• Fix: bug in toTable when a dynamic table was read from file using nwbRead by @ehennestad in #669
• Fix: Mark required attribute- and link-properties as required by @ehennestad in #655
• Fix: bug when exporting scalar text by @ehennestad in #652

Documentation and tutorials

• Add requirements to README by @ehennestad in #687
• Add examples for FilteredEphys, EventDetection and FeatureExtraction neurodata types to ecephys tutorial by @ehennestad in #631
• Add examples for MotionCorrection, CorrectedImageStack and DeltaFOverF neurodata types to ophys tutorial by @ehennestad in #629
• Add examples for CurrentClamp* neurodata types to icephys tutorial by @ehennestad in #632
• Add example for DecompositionSeries neurodata type to ecephys tutorial by @ehennestad in #623
• Use sphinx to generate docs and move documentation to readthedocs by @ehennestad in #643
• Update README.md by @ehennestad in #614 & #647
• Fix value of external_file_starting_frame to match size of external_file in Images tutorial by @ehennestad in #662
• Fix hyperlinks in tutorial livescripts by @ehennestad in #691

Developer

• Update test suite: Suppress output & expected warnings + improve performance by @ehennestad in #658
• Replace Clustering with SpatialSeries in PyNWBIOTest by @ehennestad in #678
• Update branch name references from master to main by @ehennestad in #664
• Add matrix testing across multiple MATLAB releases by @bendichter in #685
• Add GitHub Actions release workflow with extensive matrix testing by @ehennestad in #699

Minor

• Allow using empty array when indexing on DataStub object by @ehennestad in #605
• Fix warning if property attribute not exported by @ehennestad in #657
• Improve performance of if block in file.fillConstructor by @ehennestad in #656
• Refactor: Replace try/catch with if/else in types.untyped.ObjectView by @ehennestad in #666
• Change display of "empty" types.untyped.Set object (Issue #561) by @ehennestad in #616
• Add functions for inferring directory of generated types by @ehennestad in #681
• Update Open In MATLAB Online badge in README.md by @ehennestad in #689
• Fix compatibility issue in io.writeCompound for MATLAB R2019b and earlier by @ehennestad in #693
• Fix parsing of quantity specification value by @ehennestad in #695
• Fill in "general_was_generated_by" when exporting nwb file by @ehennestad in #700

Full Changelog: v2.7.0...2.8.0

v2.7.0 Support NWB Schema 2.7

What's Changed

MatNWB API

• Support legacy namespace names by @lawrence-mbf in #403
• Add extra generated checks for attributes by @lawrence-mbf in #518
• Allow string inputs for most interfaces by @lawrence-mbf in #522
• Shrink int to auto-map to int8 by @lawrence-mbf in #523
• Fix missing ids and columns in Intracellular Recordings Tables by @lawrence-mbf in #520
• Fix multidimensional equality checks for arrays by @lawrence-mbf in #524
• Replace and Update Datetime Parser by @lawrence-mbf in #525
• Properly Convert References in Compound Datasets by @lawrence-mbf in #529
• Check Component Order by @lawrence-mbf in #530
• Add explicit checks to DataStub indices by @lawrence-mbf in #514
• Add warning when schema is not supported by @lawrence-mbf in #531
• Add new raw/scratch script by @lawrence-mbf in #534
• Add Filtered Ephys Reference by @lawrence-mbf in #539
• Fix concatenation error by @lawrence-mbf in #545
• Prepend comment blocks with % by @lawrence-mbf in #549
• Actually exit the function if dataset is not resizable by @lawrence-mbf in #551
• Lower extra properties, datasets, groups, and links to warn instead of error by @lawrence-mbf in #552
• Remove NWB:N by @bendichter in #554
• Pregenerate class files in the repo by @lawrence-mbf in #556
• Fix inherited readonly props by @ehennestad in #560
• Remove positive number validation for getRow ind. by @bendichter in #311
• Support NWB Schema 2.7.0 by @lawrence-mbf in #575
• Fixes issue #585 ( bug in io.timestamp2datetime ) by @ehennestad in #586
• Fix getRow function for dynamic table if row data is an array where ndims is 3 or higher by @ehennestad in #590
• Improve warning message at types util check unset by @ehennestad in #593
• Add warning on export if some attributes are not written to file by @ehennestad in #596
• Fix bug in nwbToTable (Issue #597 ) by @ehennestad in #598
• Fix typos by @ehennestad in #608
• Fix syntax error by @ehennestad in #609
• Add check on file export to ensure all required properties are filled out by @ehennestad in #600

Documentation

• Update Ecephys tutorial by @bendichter in #517
• Add EnumData to DynamicTable tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #533
• Adapt Read Demo tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #536
• Add IndexSeries to Images tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #537
• Add One-Photon Section to Ophys tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #538
• Improve tutorials by @bendichter in #568
• Add AbstractFeatureSeries example to Images tutorial (Issue 581) by @ehennestad in #582
• Add example for creating pixel_mask to Ophys tutorial (inspired by #572) by @ehennestad in #577
• Add trials table to nwb file in Intro tutorial by @bendichter in #599
• Add "from MATLAB Table" example to DynamicTable tutorial by @ehennestad in #604
• Fix convertTrials tutorial (#515) by @ehennestad in #594
• Add code section for MATLAB expressions in "Remote Read" tutorial by @ehennestad in #610
• Add live launch buttons by @ehennestad in #591

Developer

• Properly ignore files for coverage by @lawrence-mbf in #553
• Improve Data Pipe Coverage by @lawrence-mbf in #557
• Update PyNWBIOTest.m by @ehennestad in #578
• Test tutorial files across matnwb and pynwb by @ehennestad in #587
• Improve test coverage by @ehennestad in #589
• Convert Azure Pipeline to Github Actions by @lawrence-mbf in #543
• Delete unused developer utility scripts (UpdateThirdPartyFromUpstream.sh, setuNWB.iss)by @ehennestad in #611

New Contributors

• @ehennestad made their first contribution in #560

Full Changelog: v2.6.0.2...v2.7.0

Major Compatibility Bugfix Release

What's Changed

• Major compatibility fix for any PyNWB file generated with a Units table by @lawrence-mbf in #506
• add optogenetics tutorial by @bendichter in #497
• Create Project Actions by @mavaylon1 in #485
• Remove international datestring parsing for version checks by @lawrence-mbf in #509

Full Changelog: v2.6.0.1...v2.6.0.2

Major Bugfix Release For 2.6.0

Bug Fixes

• Fixes major validation error in #494 not allowing constrained sets across multiple types.
• Fix default subclass properties (#470)
• Empty data is defaults to H5S_NULL (#436)

Schema 2.6.0 Support Release

• Add support for NWB schema 2.6.0
• Add proper boolean support (#467) and other type-related fixes (#459, #463, #461)
• Fix compatibility with older MATLAB versions (#464)
• Clarify (#474) and update (#483) existing documentation.
• Add ROS3 reading documentation (#471)
• Various utility script fixes (#476)

Schema 2.5.0 Support Release

• Support Schema 2.5.0 (#435)
• Add New Dynamic Filters support for DataPipe objects (#428)
• Improve compatibility across MATLAB versions (#438)
• Improve tutorials, documentation, and discoverability thereof (#454, #451, #450, #443, #442, #441, #440, #439)
• Fix bug involving dynamic table validation with compound types (#433)
• Fix ambiguity in resolving data size (#431)

Usability and Bugfix Release

• Dynamic Table majorly overhauled (#394, #364, #385, #378, #366, #301)
• Reverted namespace changes back to a single install repository (#362)
• Added DataPipe slicing similar to DataStub slicing (#337)
• Major bugfixes
  • DataPipe size-related bugs (#404, #402)
  • Fixed a bug regarding property validation (#395)
  • Type checking fixes (#394, #389)
  • Major DataPipe fixes (#375)
• Updated tutorials
  • Dynamic filter usage (#419)
  • Dynamic Table usage (#320)
  • Fixed automatically generated documentation for properties (#391)
  • Defined new rules to clarify and simplify MATLAB<->HDF5 dimension mapping (#382)
• New logo

Schema 2.4.0 Release

• Includes compatibility with NWB Schema 2.4.0
• ObjectView, RegionVIew, and SoftLinks may now take generated object handles as an equivalent to full path references.