[fitsbits] start of Public Comment Period on CONTINUE Long Kwd convention

[William Thompson]

To reiterate a point that I made in a separate discussion chain, I would like to 
recommend that TDIMn be added to the list of keywords for which the CONTINUE 
convention must not be used.

On 06/19/15 06:07, Lucio Chiappetti wrote:
> ANNOUNCEMENT:  START OF FORMAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
>
> This is to announce the official start of a 3-week formal Public Comment Period
> on the incorporation of the well known CONTINUE Long String Keyword convention
> in the FITS Standard.
>
> This is part of a process to incorporate the most useful and widely used
> registered conventions (which are valid FITS constructs) into the official
> definition of the standard.
>
> The Public Comment Period on most of the "simple" conventions will be opening
> simultaneously today or at latest next Monday. Please reply to each topic
> separately mantaining the subject.
>
> The proposed text consists for CONTINUE
>
> - in the ADDITION of a new subsection 4.2.1.2 describing the usage
>    of the CONTINUE keyword to extend string keywords on several records
>
> - in the related editorial changes in section 4.2.1
> - in the addition of a short sentence in 4.1.1
> - in the addition of a cross reference in 4.4.2.4
>
>     and has been prepared by a technical team including L.Chiappetti,
>     W.Pence, A.Dobrzycki, R.A.Shaw and W.Thompson (main editor W.Pence).
>
> - If the proposal is approved also Appendix C will be updated listing the
>     new keyword, and a section H.3 will be added to Appendix H describing
>     the updates and the differences with the registered convention.
>
>     All the updates are shown in brick red colour in their current context
>
> The proposed draft text is available at
> http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/FITS/Conventions/continue-upd2.pdf
>
> Supporting material is provided in the FITS Convention Registry at the
> following URL http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/registry/continue_keyword.html
>
> Considering that the convention(s) have been in use since several years, are
> legal FITS, were discussed on FITSBITS when the conventions were entered in the
> Registry and therefore their usage is well proven (also for what
> interoperability is concerned), the Public Comment Period is reduced to 3 weeks.
>
> Also the review by FITS Working Group Executive can be speeded up and handled in
> parallel or quickly after the conclusion of the Public Comment Period.
>
> Please review the text carefully and post any comments, criticisms, or
> suggestions on the FITSBITS mailing list.
> ==================================================================
>
> The Public Comment Period starts today 19 June 2015 and will last formally for 3
> weeks until July 9 included.
>
> ==================================================================
> Background information on the FITS approval process
>
> Under the "Rules and Procedures" of the IAU FITS Working Group,
> http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/iaufwg/iaufwg_rules.html, the first step in the
> official approval process of any FITS proposal will be a formal Public Comment
> Period to take place on the FITSBITS mailing list. After that the IAU FITS
> Working Group Executive will review the results. Following that the IAU FITS
> Working Group will then conduct a final vote to approve or disapprove the proposal.
>

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