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docs(faq): add entry explaining ngff-zarr to fizarr name change
Suggested-by: Josh Moore <josh@openmicroscopy.org>
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The same patterns work for other cloud providers (GCS, Azure) by using their
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respective fsspec implementations (e.g., `gcsfs`, `adlfs`).
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## Naming
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### Why is the project called "fizarr"? What happened to "ngff-zarr"?
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**fizarr is the artist formerly known as ngff-zarr** 👑
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The project was renamed from `ngff-zarr` to `fizarr` to avoid confusion between the broader Next Generation File Format (NGFF) specification and the specific OME-Zarr file format implementation.
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While NGFF is a community-driven specification that encompasses various file formats and data models (see [ngff.openmicroscopy.org](https://ngff.openmicroscopy.org/)), fizarr is specifically designed to provide tooling for the **OME-Zarr file format** that emerges from the NGFF community's work.
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The name "fizarr" reflects its curation by [fideus labs](https://fideus.io), whose mission is to foster trust and advance understanding from scientific and biomedical images. This clearer naming helps users understand that:
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- **NGFF** = The broader specification and community
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- **OME-Zarr** = The specific zarr-based file format for bioimaging data
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- **fizarr** = The lean and kind implementation for working with OME-Zarr files
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All functionality remains the same - fizarr continues to be a minimal-dependency, web-ready, and performant library for reading and writing OME-Zarr files, now with a name that better reflects its specific purpose and maintainership.

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