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OME-Zarr support for Java/Fiji

OME-Zarr is succeeding in becoming the standard cloud-compatible file format for big bioimaging (and other domain) data. To further foster this success, implementations that support all features of OME-Zarr must be developed and maintained in all relevant platforms. Here we propose to consolidate and further develop feature-rich and performant OME-Zarr implementations in the popular Fiji platform. OME-Zarr is partially supported in Fiji by a few dedicated plugins, namely MoBIE, N5 viewer, and Mastodon. We propose to unify these efforts into comprehensive core and OME-Zarr viewer component Java libraries that can be re-used within Fiji and in other Java based applications. In particular, using these libraries, we will implement a default viewer that will be launched when users open OME-Zarr files in their default Fiji installation, a crucial feature that is currently missing.