[fitsbits] Bintable proposals are approved

[William Pence]

The IAU FITS Working Group has completed its review of the 2 proposals 
related to FITS binary tables, and I am pleased to say that both of them 
have been approved nearly unanimously:


Proposal 1, to incorporate the Variable Length Array convention into the
FITS Standard:

   Yes -    21 votes
   No  -     0 votes
   Abstain - 1 vote

Proposal 2, to incorporate the TDIMn multidimensional array convention into
the FITS Standard:

   Yes -    21 votes
   No  -     0 votes
   Abstain - 1 vote


Therefore, as of today, 7 April 2005, these 2 proposals should be considered 
part of the official FITS Standard.  The full text of these proposals is 
currently still available at 
http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/bintable_proposals.html.  Now that the proposals 
have been approved, this information will be moved to a more appropriate 
location on the FITS Support Office web site in the near future.

Bill Pence
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