The current version of imzML is 1.1.1 (16/09/2018). It has been announced on August 31st at the IMSC in Bremen. imzML has been extensively discussed with users and vendors at various occasions. If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please post them in the imzML forum.
The most important point is to extend the controlled vocabulary to meet the needs of different users, applications and data types. Two items which can NOT be changed are the separation in two files (necessary for efficient storage) and the mzML-based structure of the metadata file.
imzML specification version 1.1.1
All files necessary for implementing imzML can be found below (as zip files).
XML schema definition files
- XML main schema (*.xsd)
- mapping file (*.xml)
- controlled vocabulary (*.obo)
Specification files
Validation can be performed using imzML validator, which can be downloaded here.
Example files can be found here…