2.4.0

Major changes

• Added new TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData type for referencing
  ranges of TimeSeries from a VectorData column (#470)

• Integrated the intracellular electrophysiology experiment metadata
  table structure developed as part of the ndx-icephys-meta
  extension project with NWB (#470). This includes the following new
  types:

  • IntracellularRecordingsTable is an AlignedDynamicTable for
    managing individual intracellular recordings and to group
    together a stimulus and response from a single electrode
    recording. The table contains the following category tables:

    • IntracellularElectrodesTable; a DynamicTable for
      storing metadata about the IntracellularElectrode used
    • IntracellularStimuliTable; a DynamicTable for
      storing metadata about the recorded stimulus
      TimeSeries using the new
      TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData type to reference
      TimeSeries
    • IntracellularResponsesTable; a DynamicTable for
      storing metadata about the recorded response
      TimeSeries using the new
      TimeSeriesReferenceVectorData type to reference
      TimeSeries

  • SimultaneousRecordingsTable is a DynamicTable for grouping
    different intracellular recordings from the
    IntracellularRecordingsTable together that were recorded
    simultaneously from different electrodes and for storing
    metdata about simultaneous recordings

  • SequentialRecordingsTable is a DynamicTable for grouping
    different sequential recordings from the
    SimultaneousRecordingsTable together and storing metadata
    about sequential recordings

  • RepetitionsTable a DynamicTable for grouping different
    sequential intracellular recordings from the
    SequentialRecordingsTable together and storing metadata
    about repetitions

  • ExperimentalConditionsTable is a DynamicTable for grouping
    different intracellular recording repetitions from the
    RepetitionsTable together and storing metadata about
    experimental conditions

• Added the new intracellular electrophysiology metadata tables to
  /general/intracellular_ephys as part of NWBFile (#470)

Deprecations

• SweepTable has been deprecated in favor of the new intracellular
  electrophysiology metadata tables. Use of SweepTable is still
  possible but no longer recommended. (#470)
• /general/intracellular_ephys/filtering has been deprecated in
  favor of IntracellularElectrode.filtering (#470)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed incorrect dtype for electrodes table column "filtering" (float
  -> text) (#478)
• Removed quantity: * from the type definitions of
  OptogeneticStimulusSite and ImagingPlane. This change improves
  clarity of the schema to follow best practices. It has no functional
  effect on the schema. (#472)
• Updated ImageSeries to have its data