[wfc] [iaufwg] WCS Paper III approved (fwd)

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Announcement of IAU-FWG Approval of the FITS WCS Paper III

I am pleased to announce that the 22 members of the IAU FITS Working Group 
have unanimously approved the current draft of the paper "Representations of 
spectral coordinates in FITS" by Greisen, Calabretta, Valdes, and Allen. 
This is the 3rd in a series of papers on representing world coordinate 
systems in FITS files; these papers serve to promote the standardization and 
interoperability of FITS data.

The latest version of this paper is available from the lead author's web 
site at http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~egreisen/ or from the astroph service at
http://lanl.arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph (abstract number 0507293).  While the 
current version of this paper is considered to be quite mature, it still may 
undergo further revisions in response to the recent suggestions from the 
IAU-FWG or from the journal editors before it is accepted for publication 
and before it is officially incorporated into the rules and recommendations 
of the FITS Standard.  In particular, several of the IAU-FWG members have 
offered some suggestions for improving the current draft.  I will post these 
suggestions on the 'fitswcs' mail list later today.

The 'fitswcs' mail list will be used to post future announcements about 
updates to this paper, and it should preferably also be used for submitting 
any other comments or suggestions regarding this paper.  Refer to 
http://listmgr.cv.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/fitswcs for information on 
subscribing to this list or to view the archive of previous postings.

Bill Pence
Chairman, IAU FITS Working Group
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