[iaufwg] FITS Registry Proposal

[William Pence]

Dear IAU FITS Working Group Members,

One of the most important activities I hope we can accomplish soon is to set 
up, and begin to populate, a Registry of FITS Conventions.  Last September I 
distributed a straw-man proposal for how the Registry might work.  This has 
recently been updated and the new version is available for your review and 
comment at

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry.html

My hope is that we can agree on the final set of rules within the next few 
weeks, and then begin the approval process for a few conventions prior to 
the IAU meeting in Prague in August.

I'm especially interested in whether you think the list of requirements is 
complete and comprehensive, and whether the approval process is reasonable. 
  One of my concerns is that the rules should be clear and deterministic 
enough so that there is never any ambiguity in how to proceed, and yet not 
so rigid and cumbersome that it will discourage people from making 
submissions to the Registry.

regards,
Bill
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