[daip] FITS IDI Format new document

[Eric Greisen]

The FITS Interferometry Data Interchange "Format" was first proposed in
a Memo by Diamond et al. in 1997.  Chris Flatters wrote AIPS Memo 102 in 
late 1998 to codify the proposal in more detail including changes 
brought about by the actual implementation in the VLBA Correlator.

But Chris' document was left to us only in a fancy-looking PostScript 
document, with no supporting text document that could be corrected and 
enhanced!  So I have transcribed Memo 102 (without the elegant 
formatting), updated some stuff, corrected obvious errors, and added 4 
more tables, 2 of which are actually in use.

This draft should be reviewed by interested parties, so I attach the 
Memo 102 and my new memo draft.  The latter uses red color to highlight 
most of the changes I have made, so, if you print it, use a color 
printer (e.g. aoc352c/dup here).  The red color is hard to read when 
printed on a B&W printer.

Can you think of people in the outside community who should see these?
If so, send me their e-mail addresses.  Eventually, this draft will get 
submitted to the IAU FITS Committee for review as a "convention".

Thanks,

Eric
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