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RBioFormats

Bioc current

R interface to Bio-Formats

v1.12.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.17 · Apr 26, 2023

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 7 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

An R package which interfaces the OME Bio-Formats Java library to allow reading of proprietary microscopy image data and metadata.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

40 15 exported

Complexity

2 avg / 14 max

Call network

40 nodes / 39 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

2,097

Files

52

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 974 (46.4%)Tests 269 (12.8%)Docs 609 (29%)Vignettes 245 (11.7%)

API

Exported functions

20

Internal functions

25

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.28

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

2

Dep constraint coverage

20%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

System requirements

1

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

7

First release

2023-04-25

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v3.17: 2,095 LOCv3.18: 2,095 LOCv3.19: 2,096 LOCv3.20: 2,097 LOCv3.21: 2,097 LOCv3.22: 2,097 LOCv3.23: 2,097 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 288 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
100%
Return-value docs
93%
References docs
7%

Topics

Depended on by (7)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("RBioFormats")
Oleś, A., & Lee, J. (2026). RBioFormats: R interface to Bio-Formats (Version 1.12.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/RBioFormats

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for RBioFormats version 1.12.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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