From f4cab63d0f43da9577ed6938780c997f526427e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Gleixner Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:08:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: landing page links the SpatialData specifications (SIT-397) --- docs/index.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 2be5f256f..51d0ed791 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ :alt: SpatialData banner ``` -# An open and universal framework for processing spatial omics data. +# An open framework for spatial omics data -SpatialData is a data framework, a schema and a serialization format for uni- and multi-modal spatial omics datasets. It is supported by a growing suite of software libraries for performant access, manipulation and analysis in multiple languages, including Python, R and JavaScript. +SpatialData is an open framework for working with uni- and multi-modal spatial omics datasets. It defines a common data model and storage format, supported by software libraries for accessing, manipulating and analyzing spatial omics data in languages including Python, R and JavaScript. -This page provides documentation on how to install, use, and extend the core `spatialdata` library. See the links below to learn more about other packages in the SpatialData ecosystem. +This site documents how to install, use and extend the Python `spatialdata` library. For language-independent definitions of SpatialData datasets and their on-disk representation, see the [SpatialData specifications](https://scverse.org/spatialdata-spec/). + +See the links below to learn more about other packages in the SpatialData ecosystem. - `spatialdata-io`: load data from common spatial omics technologies into `spatialdata` ([repository][spatialdata-io-repo], [documentation][spatialdata-io-docs]). - `spatialdata-plot`: Static plotting library for `spatialdata` ([repository][spatialdata-plot-repo], [documentation][spatialdata-plot-docs]). From c82beafb02f81b96f382988f19df376b240b25ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Gleixner Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 15:12:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: link the specifications at spatialdata-spec.scverse.org --- docs/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 51d0ed791..4dc712993 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SpatialData is an open framework for working with uni- and multi-modal spatial omics datasets. It defines a common data model and storage format, supported by software libraries for accessing, manipulating and analyzing spatial omics data in languages including Python, R and JavaScript. -This site documents how to install, use and extend the Python `spatialdata` library. For language-independent definitions of SpatialData datasets and their on-disk representation, see the [SpatialData specifications](https://scverse.org/spatialdata-spec/). +This site documents how to install, use and extend the Python `spatialdata` library. For language-independent definitions of SpatialData datasets and their on-disk representation, see the [SpatialData specifications](https://spatialdata-spec.scverse.org/). See the links below to learn more about other packages in the SpatialData ecosystem.