[fitsbits] SDFITS file header vs extension header

[Rob Seaman]

The INHERIT convention addresses this:

	http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/inherit.html

though not, I think, pertinent to SDFITS per se.

Rob
—

On May 14, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Kuiper, Thomas (3266) <kuiper at jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

> You're right. I was focused too narrowly on the data acquisition stage.  Thanks.
> 
> Tom
> 
> p.s. but should a reader not pick up relevant metadata wherever they live, and writers smart enough to avoid repetition?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 14, 2014, at 1:24 PM, "Bob Garwood" <bgarwood at nrao.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Actually, combining data from different PROJIDs does happen.
>> 
>>> On 5/14/2014 4:06 PM, Tom Kuiper wrote:
>>> What's the logic behind where to put metadata?  For example, why would
>>> these not go into the primary header:
>>> TELESCOP, site data, PROJID.  In fact, anything common to all extension
>>> in the file.
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Tom
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> fitsbits mailing list
>> fitsbits at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu
>> http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/fitsbits
> 
> _______________________________________________
> fitsbits mailing list
> fitsbits at listmgr.cv.nrao.edu
> http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/fitsbits