[iaufwg] FITS Registry Proposal

[William Pence]

One common thread in most of the comments about the registry proposal is 
that the requirements seem too strict for dealing with existing FITS 
conventions.  I agree, and therefore have produced a 2nd version of the 
proposal at

http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry_v2.html

(The previous version is still available at
http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry.html for comparison)

This registry now specifically only applies to Existing FITS conventions.  A 
different (but hopefully similar) process would need to be defined if we 
want to set up a review process for developing new conventions.  I think it 
is more important, and more productive, to start getting the existing 
conventions documented, so I would prefer to start with them, and postpone 
thinking about how to handle new conventions to a later time.

This proposal is deliberately vague about what the actual repository looks 
like.  I still think we should start with a simple web site that provides 
links to the information about each convention, but this doesn't preclude 
also doing something more elaborate.

So please review this new proposal to see if you think this is something 
that we can start implementing soon.

regards,
Bill
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