2.3.0

PyNWB 2.3.0 (February 23, 2023)

Enhancements and minor changes

• Added support for NWB Schema 2.6.0. @mavaylon1 #1636
• Added a class and tests for the OnePhotonSeries new in NWB v2.6.0. @CodyCBakerPhD #1593(see also NWB Schema #523
• Subject.age can be input as a timedelta type. @bendichter #1590
• Added Subject.age__reference field. @bendichter (#1540)
• IntracellularRecordingsTable.add_recording: the electrode arg is now optional, and is automatically populated from the stimulus or response.
  #1597
• Added module pynwb.testing.mock.icephys and corresponding tests. @bendichter
  1595
• Removed redundant object mapper code. @rly #1600
• Fixed pending deprecations and issues in CI. @rly #1594
• Added NWBHDF5IO.nwb_version property to get the NWB version from an NWB HDF5 file @oruebel #1612
• Updated NWBHDF5IO.read to check NWB version before read and raise more informative error if an unsupported version is found @oruebel #1612
• Added the driver keyword argument to the pynwb.validate function as well as the corresponding namespace caching. @CodyCBakerPhD #1588
• Updated HDMF requirement to version 3.5.1. #1611
• Increased the stacklevel of the warning from _add_missing_timezone in pynwb.file to make identification of which datetime field is missing a timezone easier. @CodyCBakerPhD #1641

Documentation and tutorial enhancements:

• Adjusted ecephys tutorial to create fake data with proper dimensions @bendichter #1581
• Refactored testing documentation, including addition of section on pynwb.testing.mock submodule. @bendichter
  #1583
• Updated round trip tutorial to the newer NWBH5IOMixin and AcquisitionH5IOMixin classes. @bendichter
  #1586
• Added more informative error message for common installation error. @bendichter, @rly
  #1591
• Updated citation for PyNWB in docs and duecredit to use the eLife NWB paper. @oruebel #1604
• Fixed docs build warnings due to use of hardcoded links. @oruebel #1604
• Updated the iterative write tutorial to reference the new GenericDataChunkIterator functionality and use the new H5DataIO.dataset property to simplify the custom I/O section. @oruebel #1633
• Updated the parallel I/O tutorial to use the new H5DataIO.dataset feature to set up an empty dataset for parallel write. @oruebel #1633

Bug fixes

• Added shape constraint to PatchClampSeries.data. @bendichter
  #1596
• Updated the images tutorial to provide example usage of an IndexSeries
  with a reference to Images. @bendichter #1602
• Fixed an issue with the tox tool when upgrading to tox 4. @rly #1608
• Fixed an issue where Images were not allowed as stimulus templates. @rly #1638