Bug: Description lost on import if XML

[wmoore]

From ​https://www.openmicroscopy.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7442&p=13607

and ​https://www.openmicroscopy.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7361

An OME.tiff file that has OME-XML in the Description block currently loses this text when imported.

Sample file attached. When opened with LOCI in ImageJ you see the description (OME-XML) but when imported into OMERO this is lost:

omero=# select name, description from image where id=1317;
             name              | description 
-------------------------------+-------------
 descriptionOmeXml.png.ome.tif | 

[wmoore]

Imported png to OMERO, edited Description with XML and exported OME.TIFF

[wmoore]

Raising the priority since this is a blocker for an external user (and I think it's a regression from OMERO 4.4)

[jamoore]

This is the last un-PR'd blocker for 5.0.1, Melissa. Thoughts on the priority and the timeline?

[mlinkert]

Leaving the priority as-is, but this isn't likely to happen for 5.0.1. All I know so far is that Bio-Formats is parsing out the correct description and passing that through MetadataStore?, but for whatever reason that gets eaten before being stored in the database. Possible causes are the length or something to do with the fact that the description is XML (e.g. unescaped characters).

[jamoore]

Removing Melissa from the owner of this in case someone else can pick it while she focuses on CZI.

[bpindelski]

I shall try and investigate what is happening here.