v2.7.0 Support NWB Schema 2.7

What's Changed

MatNWB API

• Support legacy namespace names by @lawrence-mbf in #403
• Add extra generated checks for attributes by @lawrence-mbf in #518
• Allow string inputs for most interfaces by @lawrence-mbf in #522
• Shrink int to auto-map to int8 by @lawrence-mbf in #523
• Fix missing ids and columns in Intracellular Recordings Tables by @lawrence-mbf in #520
• Fix multidimensional equality checks for arrays by @lawrence-mbf in #524
• Replace and Update Datetime Parser by @lawrence-mbf in #525
• Properly Convert References in Compound Datasets by @lawrence-mbf in #529
• Check Component Order by @lawrence-mbf in #530
• Add explicit checks to DataStub indices by @lawrence-mbf in #514
• Add warning when schema is not supported by @lawrence-mbf in #531
• Add new raw/scratch script by @lawrence-mbf in #534
• Add Filtered Ephys Reference by @lawrence-mbf in #539
• Fix concatenation error by @lawrence-mbf in #545
• Prepend comment blocks with % by @lawrence-mbf in #549
• Actually exit the function if dataset is not resizable by @lawrence-mbf in #551
• Lower extra properties, datasets, groups, and links to warn instead of error by @lawrence-mbf in #552
• Remove NWB:N by @bendichter in #554
• Pregenerate class files in the repo by @lawrence-mbf in #556
• Fix inherited readonly props by @ehennestad in #560
• Remove positive number validation for getRow ind. by @bendichter in #311
• Support NWB Schema 2.7.0 by @lawrence-mbf in #575
• Fixes issue #585 ( bug in io.timestamp2datetime ) by @ehennestad in #586
• Fix getRow function for dynamic table if row data is an array where ndims is 3 or higher by @ehennestad in #590
• Improve warning message at types util check unset by @ehennestad in #593
• Add warning on export if some attributes are not written to file by @ehennestad in #596
• Fix bug in nwbToTable (Issue #597 ) by @ehennestad in #598
• Fix typos by @ehennestad in #608
• Fix syntax error by @ehennestad in #609
• Add check on file export to ensure all required properties are filled out by @ehennestad in #600

Documentation

• Update Ecephys tutorial by @bendichter in #517
• Add EnumData to DynamicTable tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #533
• Adapt Read Demo tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #536
• Add IndexSeries to Images tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #537
• Add One-Photon Section to Ophys tutorial by @lawrence-mbf in #538
• Improve tutorials by @bendichter in #568
• Add AbstractFeatureSeries example to Images tutorial (Issue 581) by @ehennestad in #582
• Add example for creating pixel_mask to Ophys tutorial (inspired by #572) by @ehennestad in #577
• Add trials table to nwb file in Intro tutorial by @bendichter in #599
• Add "from MATLAB Table" example to DynamicTable tutorial by @ehennestad in #604
• Fix convertTrials tutorial (#515) by @ehennestad in #594
• Add code section for MATLAB expressions in "Remote Read" tutorial by @ehennestad in #610
• Add live launch buttons by @ehennestad in #591

Developer

• Properly ignore files for coverage by @lawrence-mbf in #553
• Improve Data Pipe Coverage by @lawrence-mbf in #557
• Update PyNWBIOTest.m by @ehennestad in #578
• Test tutorial files across matnwb and pynwb by @ehennestad in #587
• Improve test coverage by @ehennestad in #589
• Convert Azure Pipeline to Github Actions by @lawrence-mbf in #543
• Delete unused developer utility scripts (UpdateThirdPartyFromUpstream.sh, setuNWB.iss)by @ehennestad in #611

New Contributors

• @ehennestad made their first contribution in #560

Full Changelog: v2.6.0.2...v2.7.0