[fitsbits] FITS 'keyword dictionaries'

Thierry.Forveille at ujf-grenoble.fr Thierry.Forveille at ujf-grenoble.fr
Sat Apr 12 13:18:28 EDT 2014


Quoting Demitri Muna <demitri.muna at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 1:28 PM, Tom Kuiper <kuiper at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
>
>> I remember seeing something like that a few years ago when I was working
>> on this issue but had forgotten.  As I recall, the suggestion was to
>> provide a URL for a repository with the detailed information.  I had
>> some concerns about that though.  For example, can we count on the
>> website being maintained?  A complete FITS header, at least, will exist
>> as long as the FITS file exists.
>
>
> I think this is *exactly* the correct solution. This is how HTML and  
> XML are handled. For example, a web page might begin with:
>
Well, you don't at all address Tom's worries. I think they are a serious
issue...






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