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Applies the decision recorded in #667: RFC-4 anatomical orientation is normative from OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1, the version ome/ngff-spec#190 folds RFC-4 into. The released 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 specs give orientation no normative status, yet the three orientation rules (axis-orientation-anatomical-type, axis-orientation-on-non-space, axis-orientation-unique-axis) and the readers' raw RFC-4 hooks ran at every version. They now gate on the declared version.

Stacked on #611. That PR introduces NgffVersion.V09dev1 and the version parameter on the axis rules; it is not merged yet. The base branch here is an upstream copy of #611's head (fix/rfc3-axes), so the diff shows only this change's two commits. Once #611 lands on main, retarget this PR to main and delete the copy; if #611's branch moves first, refresh the copy. The eventual rebase carries one rename: main's reader hooks call has_any_rfc4_orientation (#661) where this branch still calls has_rfc4_orientation_metadata.

Behavior

  • A caller that declares 0.4, 0.5 or 0.6 gets no orientation validation: the rules are a no-op there, not a warning.
  • 0.9.dev1 keeps every check.
  • No declared version keeps the checks on too, as a strictness choice, exactly like axis-names-unique below 0.9.dev1. Every existing no-version caller and test is unchanged.
  • The write path is untouched: orientation is serialized whenever present, for every target version.

Implementation

Mirrors the RFC-3 gate's form with the polarity inverted: RFC-3 lifts the axis restrictions at 0.9.dev1 while RFC-4 adds requirements, so the new helper (is_rfc4_orientation_enforced / isRfc4OrientationEnforced) exits the rules early below 0.9.dev1 rather than at it.

  • validate_axis_orientation / validateAxisOrientation take the same optional version parameter as the axis rules, supplied by the orchestrators.
  • The Python v0.4 reader now passes the store's declared version to validate_structural, as the TypeScript reader already did.
  • The readers' raw RFC-4 hooks (Python v04/v06, TypeScript fromZarrAttrsV04 and the shared v0.6/0.9.dev1 reader) are removed. They ran validate_rfc4_orientation on the raw axis dicts before parsing; the structural pass repeats that on the parsed axes with the same function and the same verdicts (checked for a valid, an out-of-vocabulary, a non-anatomical and a non-object orientation; the RFC-4 JSON Schema's root object declares no properties, so its final pass constrains nothing), and it runs in the canonical evaluation order, which the hooks broke by firing first. The v0.6 Python hook also read a flat axes list the v0.6 layout does not carry. The orientation rule is the single enforcement point per port; a 0.9.dev1 store with a stray orientation is refused on read by that rule, covered by a new reader test.
  • No rule is added, renamed or reordered. The parity suites pin the version set as a CANONICAL_RFC4_VERSIONS literal in both ports, and docs/validation/ (rule-reference, overview, parity) says the same.

Updated tests

Two tests pinned the old behavior (a 0.4 store with an out-of-vocabulary orientation was refused on read) and now pin the new acceptance, keeping the module-level validate_rfc4_orientation rejection: test_from_ngff_zarr_invalid_orientation_reads_below_rfc4 and its TypeScript twin in rfc4_validation_test.ts. Their fixtures also declared an (x, y, z) spatial order, a v0.4 violation the early RFC-4 raise had masked from the structural pass; they now use (z, y, x).

Side note

TypeScript's hasRfc4OrientationMetadata only inspects type == "space" axes. With the raw hooks gone its only caller is validateAxisOrientation, which checks the non-space axes itself, so no reader-side blind spot remains.

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Python: 969 passed, 3 skipped (full suite). TypeScript: 577 passed, 0 failed. pixi run --as-is lint clean.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added support for OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1 metadata in Python and TypeScript.
    • Improved handling for v0.4–v0.6 axis metadata, coordinate systems, and transformations.
    • Added axis-name uniqueness validation and broader version compatibility.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Made RFC 4 orientation checks version-aware, preserving compatibility with earlier versions.
    • Aligned Python and TypeScript validation behavior.
  • Documentation

    • Updated validation guidance, rule references, and parity requirements.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for version gating and cross-language validation parity.

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RFC-4 orientation validation is enforced for OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1 and unspecified versions. Earlier declared versions skip RFC-4 orientation checks. Python and TypeScript readers, validators, metadata models, tests, and documentation reflect this behavior.

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RFC-4 orientation version gating

Layer / File(s) Summary
Python validation and metadata models
py/ngff_zarr/structural_validation.py, py/ngff_zarr/v04/zarr_metadata.py
Python validation receives the declared version. Metadata models support RFC-3 axis handling and v0.9 conversion.
Python transform-aware loading
py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py
Transform validation forwards the metadata version through nested transforms and loading paths.
TypeScript version handling and readers
ts/src/types/supported_versions.ts, ts/src/utils/structural_validation.ts, ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts
Readers resolve the declared version and pass it to structural validation and transform parsing.
Parity and reader coverage
py/test/*, ts/test/*
Tests cover RFC-4 rules, reader behavior, supported versions, and filesystem-backed stores.
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docs/validation/*
Documentation defines version applicability, metadata handling, rule numbering, and parity requirements.

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The change gates orientation validation by declared version, but the current head can reject valid 0.9.dev1 metadata with six-axis transforms and has unresolved reader handling that may bypass validation or return the wrong metadata version. Merge is not ready until the version context is propagated through transform parsing and the reader-version handling issues are fixed.

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  participant StructuralValidator
  participant OrientationValidator
  participant VersionGate
  Reader->>StructuralValidator: declared version
  StructuralValidator->>OrientationValidator: validate orientation
  OrientationValidator->>VersionGate: check RFC-4 applicability
  VersionGate-->>OrientationValidator: enforce or skip
  OrientationValidator-->>Reader: validation result
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688-706: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Read the declared version and intrinsic axes from the v0.6 layout.

Line 688 reads version from the multiscales entry. The v0.6/0.9 layout stores it in ome.version. A valid 0.9.dev1 store therefore defaults to "0.6" here and skips RFC-4 validation.

Lines 695-706 also look for axes on the multiscales entry. v0.6/0.9 axes are in coordinateSystems[0].axes. Even after fixing the version source, the RFC-4 hook remains unreachable for normal v0.9 metadata. Use the group version and intrinsic axes. Add a 0.9.dev1 reader regression with an out-of-vocabulary orientation.

Proposed fix
-            declared_version = root_attrs["ome"]["multiscales"][0].get("version", "0.6")
+            entry = root_attrs["ome"]["multiscales"][0]
+            declared_version = root_attrs["ome"].get("version", "0.6")
             validate_ngff(root_attrs, version=declared_version)
+            intrinsic_axes = entry["coordinateSystems"][0].get("axes")

             if (
                 is_rfc4_orientation_enforced(declared_version)
-                and "axes" in root_attrs["ome"]["multiscales"][0]
-                and isinstance(root_attrs["ome"]["multiscales"][0]["axes"], list)
+                and isinstance(intrinsic_axes, list)
             ):
                 axes_dicts = []
-                for axis in root_attrs["ome"]["multiscales"][0]["axes"]:
+                for axis in intrinsic_axes:
                     if isinstance(axis, dict):
                         axes_dicts.append(axis)
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In `@py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py` around lines 688 - 706, Update the
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root_attrs["ome"]["version"] and obtain intrinsic axes from
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- Around line 175-176: Keep the raw declared version from rootAttrs.version or
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fallback in the relevant parsing flows. Pass the raw optional value to
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff comment about py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py lines 688-706: not changed in this PR, for three reasons.

  • The gate deliberately reads the same value the adjacent validate_ngff call uses. Sourcing either from ome.version would feed "0.6.dev4" (the on-disk v0.6 string) into validate_ngff, and this branch resolves schema paths literally (spec/0.6.dev4/schemas does not exist). Mapping dev releases to their release tree is fix(py): resolve cross-file JSON Schema references during validation #659, which this stack picks up when it rebases onto main.
  • A 0.9.dev1 store cannot reach this hook with validate=True through the public API: from_ngff_zarr routes 0.9.dev1 to the v09 reader, which raises NotImplementedError for validate=True and otherwise delegates with validate=False. Python-side enforcement at 0.9.dev1 is validate_structural's orientation rule, pinned by the parity manifest test. For the same reason a 0.9.dev1 read regression with an out-of-vocabulary orientation cannot be written against the public Python API today; the TypeScript port, whose shared reader does serve 0.9.dev1 under validate, carries exactly that regression test.
  • The entry-level flat axes read predates this PR and is inert for conforming v0.6/0.9.dev1 layouts. Restoring real read-path validation for the coordinate-system layout is the from_ome_zarr(validate=True) item tracked in The data model does not follow the schema of its own version #667, out of this PR's scope.

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@vboussot Thanks for the detailed explanation. I verified the version flow.

declared_version must remain shared with validate_ngff in this v0.6 path. PR #659 resolves the 0.6.dev4 to 0.6 schema-tree mapping.

A 0.9.dev1 store routes to the v0.9 reader. That reader rejects validate=True and delegates with validate=False. validate_structural provides the Python RFC-4 enforcement for 0.9.dev1.

The coordinate-system read-path gap is tracked in #667. It is outside this PR.

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46-50: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not claim identical v0.6 transform validation.

Lines [46-50] say that Python and TypeScript reject the same malformed transform sequences. Lines [62-67] state that the TypeScript reader composes each dataset transform into one pair, so those per-dataset shape rules cannot fire. State the Python and TypeScript behavior separately.

Proposed documentation fix
- that model is rendered in the flat shape before the rules run, so both validate identically. Only an
- identity is synthesized, into the unit scale and zero translation it stands for; every other form is
+ Python renders that model in source order before the rules run. In that reduction, only an identity is
+ synthesized into the unit scale and zero translation it stands for; every other form is
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Align public axis types with parsed RFC-3 metadata.

The readers now preserve arbitrary axis names, types, and units. Their public types still imply closed vocabularies. Typed callers cannot safely construct or consume valid RFC-3 metadata.

  • py/ngff_zarr/v04/zarr_metadata.py#L197-L201: change Axis.name to str, Axis.type to str | None, and Axis.unit to AxisUnit | None.
  • ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts#L247-L254: widen the public Axis type for custom axis types instead of casting arbitrary strings to AxesType.
  • ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts#L597-L604: apply the same widened Axis type in the v0.6/v0.9 reader.

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Keep the resolved version in returned metadata.

declaredVersion can be "0.9.dev1", and Line 775 uses it for validation. Line 744 returns "0.6" instead. Downstream consumers receive v0.9.dev1 metadata as v0.6. Set metadata.version to declaredVersion.

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In `@ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts` around lines 545 - 547, Update the metadata
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In `@docs/validation/rule-reference.md`:
- Around line 26-28: Correct the RFC-4 wording in the orientation-rules
documentation: identify OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1 as the version, and describe
ome/ngff-spec#190 as the reference that incorporates RFC-4 rather than as a
version. Complete the phrase so it explicitly states what incorporates RFC-4.

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In `@docs/validation/overview.md`:
- Around line 46-50: Update the transform-validation documentation to
distinguish Python and TypeScript behavior instead of claiming identical v0.6
validation. Revise the statements around the identity synthesis and per-dataset
transform shape rules so Python retains the sequence-based rejection behavior,
while TypeScript’s composed transform representation does not apply those rules.

In `@py/ngff_zarr/v04/zarr_metadata.py`:
- Around line 197-201: Widen the public Axis types to match arbitrary RFC-3
metadata: in py/ngff_zarr/v04/zarr_metadata.py lines 197-201, update Axis.name
to str, Axis.type to str | None, and Axis.unit to AxisUnit | None; in
ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts lines 247-254 and 597-604, use a widened Axis
type that accepts custom axis types and stop casting arbitrary strings to
AxesType.

In `@ts/src/utils/from_zarr_attrs.ts`:
- Around line 545-547: Update the metadata construction in fromZarrAttrs to
assign metadata.version from declaredVersion instead of the hardcoded "0.6",
preserving the resolved group/root version for downstream consumers while
leaving validation unchanged.
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Comment thread docs/validation/rule-reference.md
The page said the axis rules are inert for the versions that adopt the
RFC-3 axis model. axis-names-unique is not among them: RFC-3 states it
and no released schema carries it, so it applies at every version. Only
the count, type and order rules stand down.
RFC-4 anatomical orientation is normative from OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1
(ome/ngff-spec#190); the released 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 specs give it no
status. Decided in fideus-labs#667: the three axis-orientation rules now gate on
the declared version, becoming a no-op below 0.9.dev1. An omitted
version keeps the checks on, as a strictness choice, exactly like
axis-names-unique below 0.9.dev1, so every existing no-version caller
is unchanged.

The gate mirrors the RFC-3 helper's form with the polarity inverted:
RFC-3 lifts axis restrictions at 0.9.dev1 while RFC-4 adds
requirements, so is_rfc4_orientation_enforced exits the rules early
below 0.9.dev1 rather than at it. The Python v0.4 reader now passes
the store's declared version to validate_structural, as the
TypeScript reader already did.

The readers' raw RFC-4 hooks are removed. They ran validate_rfc4
orientation on the raw axis dicts before parsing, which the
structural pass repeats on the parsed axes with the same function and
the same verdicts (the RFC-4 JSON Schema's root object declares no
properties, so its final pass constrains nothing); they fired before
the structural rules, out of the canonical evaluation order; and the
v0.6 Python hook read a flat axes list the v0.6 layout does not have.
The orientation rule is now the single enforcement point in each
port.

No rule is added, renamed or reordered. The parity suites pin the new
version set as CANONICAL_RFC4_VERSIONS in both ports. Two tests that
pinned the raw hooks' read-path rejection now pin the read-path
acceptance below 0.9.dev1; their fixtures carried an (x, y, z)
spatial order that the hooks' early raise had kept from the
structural pass.

Refs fideus-labs#667
The three axis-orientation rules are normative from OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1
and inert when the caller declares an earlier version; with no version
they stay on as a strictness choice, like axis-names-unique. Said in
the rule-reference table rows and intro, the overview's scope
paragraph, and the parity contract, which grows a sixth dimension and
the CANONICAL_RFC4_VERSIONS manifest.

Refs fideus-labs#667
…sion gate

The reader test main added with fideus-labs#661 expected the non-space orientation
rule to fire on a 0.4 store. RFC 4 gates on 0.9.dev1 here, so the 0.4 read
path does not apply it and the document reads cleanly, as the neighbouring
tests already state. The rule itself stays covered at the rule level.
"OME-Zarr 0.9.dev1, the version `ome/ngff-spec#190` folds RFC-4 into"
reads the issue number as a version and leaves the verb without an
object. The version is 0.9.dev1; ome/ngff-spec#190 is what incorporates
RFC-4 into it.
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465-476: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Forward version from validate_transform.

Line 476 drops version. MapAxis.validate then receives None and enforces the 2-to-5 axis limit. A valid 0.9.dev1 six-axis mapAxis fails during reader parsing.

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-    transformation.validate(coordinateSystems)
+    transformation.validate(coordinateSystems, version)
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In `@py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py` around lines 465 - 476, Update
validate_transform to pass its version argument through to
transformation.validate, preserving the supplied version during validation so
version-specific axis limits are applied correctly.

887-896: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Propagate version while parsing nested transforms.

ByDimension.from_dict and Bijection.from_dict call _parse_transforms without version. Their child transforms validate before the wrapper methods can forward the declared version. A nested six-axis mapAxis for 0.9.dev1 therefore still fails.

Add an optional version parameter to these factory methods and pass it through every nested _parse_transforms call.

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In `@py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py` around lines 887 - 896, Update
ByDimension.from_dict and Bijection.from_dict to accept an optional version
parameter, and pass it to every nested _parse_transforms call so child
transforms apply the declared version-dependent validation rules, including the
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In `@py/ngff_zarr/v06/zarr_metadata.py`:
- Around line 465-476: Update validate_transform to pass its version argument
through to transformation.validate, preserving the supplied version during
validation so version-specific axis limits are applied correctly.
- Around line 887-896: Update ByDimension.from_dict and Bijection.from_dict to
accept an optional version parameter, and pass it to every nested
_parse_transforms call so child transforms apply the declared version-dependent
validation rules, including the 0.9.dev1 mapAxis arity.

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thewtex merged commit 47da2aa into fideus-labs:fix/rfc3-axes Aug 26, 2026
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