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.

Bugfixes

Includes fixes for the Dynamic Table Indices, compound dataset support, and region/object reference stability thanks to better tests.

NWB Schema 2.3.0 Release

This release adds support NWB Schema version 2.3.0 support for MatNWB.

Schema changes can be found here: https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/nwb-schema/releases/tag/2.3.0

DataPipe Hotfix

the load() method on the datapipe was missing, breaking old code. The method has been reinstated and should function properly.