[iaufwg] FITS conventions

[Mark Calabretta]

On Thu 2006/02/16 05:59:22 BST, Francois Ochsenbein wrote
in a message to: Mark Calabretta <mcalabre at atnf.csiro.au>
and copied to: iaufwg at nrao.edu

>Yes, all 3 look perfect on gv -- but it was not the case when embedded
>in the full document.

Apologies, Steve Allen pointed out that the version in the document is
older than the version that I had been working on and which I sent
separately (after all, it is two years since I last looked at it).

>Could it be possible to have in the FITS documentation a page with
>the various CTYPE definitions ? It would help all FITS practioners
>to use the same names for the same types of data instead of using
>diverging conventions. Some of them are part of the official FITS
>conventions (all WCS wordings) and this status should be clearly
>visible, with proper reference to the relevant FITS document.

I think it would be premature to add CTYPEia values for colour spaces,
but otherwise it would be a good idea for the documentation to be
updated (by someone).

Cheers, Mark