PyNWB 2.8.3 (November 19, 2024)

Enhancements and minor changes

• Added NWBHDF5IO.read_nwb convenience method to simplify reading an NWB file.
• Removed unused references to region references and builders in preparation for changes in HDMF 4.0.
• Made gain an optional argument for PatchClampSeries to match the schema.
• Added warning when writing files with NWBHDF5IO without the .nwb extension.
• Cache global type map to speed import 3X.

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug in how ElectrodeGroup.__init__ validates its position argument.
• Changed SpatialSeries.reference_frame from required to optional as specified in the schema.

Documentation and tutorial enhancements

• Added documentation example for SpikeEventSeries.
• Added documentation example for AnnotationSeries.
• Added documentation example for DecompositionSeries.

PyNWB 2.8.2 (September 9, 2024)

Enhancements and minor changes

• Added support for numpy 2.0.
• Make get_cached_namespaces_to_validate a public function

Documentation and tutorial enhancements

• Added pre-release pull request instructions to release process documentation
• Added section on how to use the family driver in h5py for splitting data across multiple files

Bug fixes

• Fixed can_read method to return False if no nwbfile version can be found
• Changed epoch_tags to be a NWBFile property instead of constructor argument.
• Exposed option to not cache the spec in NWBHDF5IO.export.

PyNWB 2.8.1 (July 3, 2024)

Documentation and tutorial enhancements

• Simplified the introduction to NWB tutorial.
• Simplified the ecephys and ophys tutorials. #1915
• Add comments to src/pynwb/io/file.py to improve developer documentation.

Bug fixes

• Fixed use of channel_conversion in TimeSeries get_data_in_units.

PyNWB 2.8.0 (May 28, 2024)

Enhancements and minor changes

• Set rate default value inside mock_ElectricalSeries to avoid having to set rate=None explicitly when passing timestamps.
• Integrate validation through the TypeConfigurator.
• Exposed aws_region to NWBHDF5IO.

Bug fixes

• Revert changes in PyNWB 2.7.0 that allow datetimes without a timezone and without a time while issues with DANDI upload of NWB files missing timezone are resolved.