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convert --to ome-tiff drops magnification (and make/software/datetime) #27

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Summary

convert --to ome-tiff drops several source metadata fields that the SVS→svs and
SVS→tiff paths (partly) preserve. On a 20× Aperio source:

field source ome-tiff output
mpp 0.499 0.499 ✅
magnification 20 0 (dropped)
make Aperio (empty)
software Aperio Image Library v11.2.1 (empty)
datetime 2009-12-29T09:59:15Z (empty)

MPP survives; magnification and the identity fields do not.

$ wsitools convert --to ome-tiff -f -o out.ome.tiff CMU-1-Small-Region.svs
$ wsitools info out.ome.tiff | grep -iE 'magnif|make'   # no Magnification / Make line

Impact

OME-TIFF outputs silently lose objective magnification (and make/software/datetime).
Magnification is load-bearing for downstream analysis. Found by the automated CLI
matrix audit (scripts/qa/audit.sh, cross-container metadata check).

Fix direction

Populate the OME-XML with the source magnification (Objective NominalMagnification)
and the make/software/acquisition-date fields in the OME-TIFF writer path
(cmd/wsitools/convert_tiff.go OME description synthesis / SyntheticOMEDescription).

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