[fitsbits] SDFITS file header vs extension header

[Kuiper, Thomas (3266)]

Excellent!  Does that mean we can expect ASAP and GBTIDL to respect this convention, Bob?

Tom

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> On May 14, 2014, at 1:43 PM, "Rob Seaman" <seaman at noao.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
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