1.4.0

Users can now add/remove containers from a written NWB file and export the modified NWBFile to a new file path.
@rly (#1280)

• See https://pynwb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/tutorials/general/add-remove-containers.html for examples and more
  information.

Internal improvements:

• Update requirements to use HDMF 2.1.0. @rly (#1256)
• Start FAQ section in documentation. @rly (#1249)
• Improve deprecation warnings. @rly (#1261)
• Update CI to test Python 3.8, update requirements. @rly (#1267, #1275)
• Make use of MultiContainerInterface and LabelledDict that have been moved to HDMF. @bendichter @rly (#1260)

Bug fixes:

• For ImageSeries, add check if external_file is provided without starting_frame in __init__. @rly (#1264)
• Improve docstrings for TimeSeries.data and for the electrode table. @rly (#1271, #1272)
• Fix Azure Pipelines configuration. @rly (#1281)

1.3.3

Internal improvements:

• Update requirements to use HDMF 1.6.4. @rly (#1256)

Bug fixes:

• Fix writing optional args to electrodes table. @rly (#1246)
• Fix missing method UnitsMap.get_nwb_file. @rly (#1227)

1.3.2

Bug fixes:

• Add support for nwb-schema 2.2.5. @rly (#1243)
  • This schema version fixes incorrect dims and shape for ImagingPlane.origin_coords and ImagingPlane.grid_spacing,
    and fixes incorrect dims for TwoPhotonSeries.field_of_view.

1.3.1

Bug fixes:

• Fix bugged Device constructor. @rly (#1209)
• Fix link to code of conduct page in docs. @rly (#1229)
• Fix docs for get_type_map. @oruebel (#1233)
• Pass file object to parent when loading namespaces. @NileGraddis (#1242)

Internal improvements:

• Update CI to use supported MacOS version. @rly (#1211)
• Clean up tests to remove conversion warnings and use keyword args. @rly (#1202)
• Fix flake8 errors. @rly (#1235)
• Add changelog. @rly (#1215)
• Update release process with notes about coordinating with nwb-schema. @rly (#1214)
• Inform which unit value is actually overwritten. @yarikoptic (#1219)
• Do not print out logging.DEBUG statements to stdout for test.py. @rly (#1240)
• Add support for nwb-schema 2.2.4. @rly (#1213)
  • Make ImagingPlane.imaging_rate optional. This moves the imaging_rate argument down the list of constructor for ImagingPlane.__init__. This will break existing code that calls the constructor of ImagingPlane with at least 6 positional arguments, such that one positional argument matches imaging_rate.

1.3.0

New features:

• Add support for nwb-schema 2.2.2. @rly (#1146)
  • This is a large change. See the PR and schema release notes for more information: https://nwb-schema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format_release_notes.html#march-2-2020
• Validate against most specific namespace. @t-b, @rly (#1094)
• Replace 'ic_electrode' with 'icephys_electrode' in NWBFile. @oruebel (#1200)
• Integrate minor enhancements and bug fixes introduced in HDMF 1.6.0 and 1.6.1, including improved handling of namespaces that lack a version key,

Internal improvements:

• Add nightly testing of validation CLI. @t-b, @rly (#1164, #1195, #1197)
• Treat ipython notebooks as binary in git. @t-b (#1168)
• Use proper file removal in tests. @t-b (#1165)
• Use hdmf-docutils instead of nwb-docutils for documentation. @jcfr (#1176)
• Run minimum requirements testing n Python 3.6. @rly (#1194)

Bug fixes:

• Fix API documentation. @bendichter (#1159)
• Fix unit testing output. @rly (#1158)
• Fix copying files with Subject. @rly (#1171)
• Add "unit" attribute back as an optional attribute in icephys classes. @rly (#1188)
• Fix reported development status in setup.py. @rly (#1201)

1.2.1

Bug fixes:

• Fix ReadTheDocs build. @rly (#1155)
• Update manifest to fix conda build. @rly (#1156)

1.2.0

Minor enhancements:

• Add new logo to docs. @rly (#1096)
• Add warning when referencing electrode table before it exists. @ajtritt (#1098)
• Refactor internal calls to docval. @rly (#1104)
• Enhance icephys example and documentation. @t-b (#1081)
• Add multi index and time bounds to get_unit_spikes. @bendichter (#1001)
• Improve ophys docstrings. @bendichter (#1126)
• Improve icephys docstrings for gain. @bendichter (#1129)
• Update legal information. @rly (#1131)
• Add support for device description and manufacturer. @rly (#1135)
• Update dependencies and remove explicit six, unittest2 dependency. @rly (#1136, #1138, #1142, #1137, #1154)
• Add object ID tutorial. @rly (#1140)
• Update CI. @rly (#1141)
• Catch critical warnings and throw errors in unit tests. @rly (#1112)
• Create and use testing module, remove builder tests, clean up test code. @rly (#1117)
• Add and test minimum requirements for PyNWB. @rly (#1148)
• Improve docs for get_class. @bendichter (#1149)

Bug fixes:

• Fix versioneer reporting version. @rly (#1100)
• Fix DynamicTable import after move to hdmf.common. @bendichter (#1103)
• Fix handling of unmapped attributes. @rly (#1105)
• Update tests and documentation to reflect new selection behavior of DynamicTable. @oruebel (#1106)
• Fix reference images not being mapped in PlaneSegmentation. @rly (#1109)
• Fix legacy import of ObjectMapper. @rly (#1124)
• Fix extensions documentation typo: 'str' -> 'text'. @bendichter (#1132)
• Revert "PatchClampSeries: Force sweep_number to uint64". @t-b (#1123)
• Fix sphinx code to use latest sphinx. @rly (#1139)

1.1.2

Minor features:

• Use latest HDMF 1.3.3. #1093 (@rly)
• Expose HDMF export_spec utility function for use by extensions. #1092 (@rly)

Bug fixes:

• Fix bug in writing SpikeEventSeries data or timestamps datasets with a DataChunkIterator. #1089 (@bendichter)

1.1.1

PyNWB 1.1.0 does not work with HDMF>=1.3. This release will work with HDMF>=1.3.2.

Minor improvements:

• Support newly added channel-specific conversion factor for ElectricalSeries #1072 (@bendichter)
• Move generic types out of PyNWB into hdmf-common. #1061 (@ajtritt)
• Update documentation to reflect the above changes. #1078 (@rly)
• Add new case to the iterative write tutorial. #1029 (@oruebel)
• Improve CI. #1079 (@rly)
• Pin the current latest version of HDMF to requirements for setup.py. #1083 (@rly)

1.1.0

New features:

• Add object ID to all neurodata types #991 (@ajtritt, @rly)
• Add NWBFile shallow copy method #994 (@ajtritt, @rly)
• Drop official Python 2.7 support #1028 (@rly)
• Add scratch space #1027 #1038 (@ajtritt, @rly)
• Support multiple experimenters #988 #1035 (@ajtritt, @rly)
• Support multiple related publications #1047 (@rly)
• Update schema to 2.1.0 (see release notes in https://nwb-schema.readthedocs.io/en/latest/format_release_notes.html) (@rly, @bendichter, @ajtritt, @oruebel, @t-b)

Minor enhancements:

• Add iterative write check for TimeSeries timestamps #1012 (@bendichter, @oruebel)
• Add functions to convert between pixel mask and image mask for ophys data #766 (@mamelara)
• Add cortical surface extension example #1040 (@bendichter)
• Match API with schema defaults #1033 (@rly)
• Core schema is now a git submodule #1045 (@ajtritt)
• Implement better support for floating point data for Python 3.5 on Windows #1043 (@rly)
• Enhance iterative write tutorial #1029 (@oruebel)
• Allow empty data in DynamicTable with non-empty VectorIndex #887 (@ajtritt)
• Allow OpticalSeries constructor argument 'field_of_view' to be H5Dataset #1063 (@bendichter)
• Clarify documentation for deprecated ImageSeries constructor arg 'bits_per_pixel' #1065 (@rly)
• Adjust code to explicitly map properties after changes made in HDMF 1.2 #1048 #1069 (@rly)
• Improvements to CI, documentation, and GitHub repo structure #1055 (@rly)