2.6.0

PyNWB 2.6.0 (February 21, 2024)

Enhancements and minor changes

• For NWBHDF5IO(), change the default of arg load_namespaces from False to True. @bendichter #1748
• Add NWBHDF5IO.can_read(). @bendichter #1703
• Add pynwb.get_nwbfile_version(). @bendichter #1703
• Fix usage of the validate function in the pynwb.testing.testh5io classes and cache the spec by default in those classes. @rly #1782
• Updated timeseries data checks to warn instead of error when reading invalid files. @stephprince #1793 and #1809
• Expose the offset, conversion and channel conversion parameters in mock_ElectricalSeries. @h-mayorquin #1796
• Expose starting_time in mock_ElectricalSeries. @h-mayorquin #1805
• Enhance get_data_in_units() to work with objects that have a channel_conversion attribute like the ElectricalSeries. @h-mayorquin #1806
• Refactor validation CLI tests to use {sys.executable} -m coverage to use the same Python version and run correctly on Debian systems. @yarikoptic #1811
• Fixed tests to address newly caught validation errors. @rly #1839

Bug fixes

• Fix bug where namespaces were loaded in "w-" mode. @h-mayorquin #1795
• Fix bug where pynwb version was reported as "unknown" to readthedocs @stephprince #1810
• Fixed bug to allow linking of TimeSeries.data by setting the data constructor argument to another TimeSeries. @oruebel #1766
• Fix recursion error in html representation generation in jupyter notebooks. @stephprince #1831

Documentation and tutorial enhancements

• Add RemFile to streaming tutorial. @bendichter #1761
• Fix typos and improve clarify throughout tutorials. @zm711 #1825
• Fix internal links in docstrings and tutorials. @stephprince #1827
• Add Zarr IO tutorial @bendichter #1834