2.8.3

Enhancements and minor changes

• Made gain an optional argument for PatchClampSeries to match the schema. @stephprince #1975
• Added warning when writing files with NWBHDF5IO without the .nwb extension. @stephprince #1978
• Added NWBHDF5IO.read_nwb convenience method to simplify reading an NWB file. @h-mayorquin #1979
• Removed unused references to region references and builders in preparation for changes in HDMF 4.0. @rly #1991

Documentation and tutorial enhancements

• Added documentation example for SpikeEventSeries. @stephprince #1983
• Added documentation example for AnnotationSeries. @stephprince #1989
• Added documentation example for DecompositionSeries. @stephprince #1981

Performance

• Cache global type map to speed import 3X. @sneakers-the-rat #1931

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug in how ElectrodeGroup.__init__ validates its position argument. @oruebel #1770
• Changed SpatialSeries.reference_frame from required to optional as specified in the schema. @rly #1986