[evla-sw-discuss] Ka band and the archive record

[Bryan Butler]

ahh, OK, i was missing the bit about it being for the transition system, 
so needing to go somewhere in the current archive record.

	-bryan

Ken Sowinski wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Bryan Butler wrote:
>>
>> i'm curious why you prefer a single character.  i myself do not feel 
>> constrained in that way, the software doesn't (or shouldn't) care, and 
>> it will provide a miniscule inflation if we allow multiple characters 
>> (dare i call that a string?).
> 
> The reason is that this will go in an existing unused slot in the
> archive record and it will perturb reading software least if it does
> not change the location or length of anything.
> 
> The information can be packaged into yet another intent by obs2script
> to make its way to idcaf, or can be retrieved by the executor from
> the LoIfSetup and sent to idcaf in the XML document that contains all
> the other scan related information.  I leave it to others to decide
> which seems best.
> 
> I will consult with Walter about where to place it in the archive
> record.