[fitsbits] MIME for compressed FITS?

[William Thompson]

Rob Seaman wrote:
>  From a discussion on the VO Data Access Layer group:
> 
> On May 22, 2007, at 6:53 AM, Andreas Wicenec wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 22.05.2007, at 15:29, Thomas McGlynn wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Isn't it valid to refer to a compressed FITS file with the header:
>>>
>>>   Content-type: Image/FITS
>>>   Content-encoding: GZIP
>>
>>Yes, I agree, that's the correct way of doing it and that was also  
>>what we have envisioned when the FITS mime-type proposal was  
>>created, else we would need a different mime-type for every allowed  
>>encoding.
> 
> 
> Comments on whether a tile compressed FITS image should require a  
> MIME Content-encoding?

I would read this to mean that the entire file was gzipped, including the 
header, not just a part of the file.


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