[iaufwg] approval of the 'FOREIGN' extension convention

[Dick Shaw]

Hi Bill,

I may be in the minority, but I think we have not yet worked out a concensus 
on what constitutes adequate documentation of a convention that is offered for 
inclusion in the registry. I believe if a convention is offered, the authors 
have a responsibility to provide good documentation. Further, I believe there 
is no crime in omitting a convention from the registry until identified 
problems are corrected. In this case I have some reservations, and I would 
prefer that a vote be conducted.

Regards,
Dick

On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:36:57 -0500
  William Pence <pence at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> Dear IAU FWG members,
> 
> Since it appears that the authors of the FOREIGN convention document are 
> not planning to make any more modifications in the near future, I have 
> taken the liberty of moving the current document from the "Under Review" 
> section into the "Approved" section or the Registry (see
> http://fits.gsfc.nasa.gov/fits_registry.html).  In addition, I've added 
> a "Comments and/or critiques" link that in this case leads to a summary 
> of the issues that were raised in the recent IAU-FWG discussions. 
> Please have a look at this and let me (and the rest of the group) know 
> if you have any comments or suggestions.  (I realize that the current 
> format of this registry web page will become too unwieldy once many more 
> conventions get entered;  I plan to overhaul the layout of this page in 
> the next month or 2).
> 
> While it is probably fair to say that many of us are not completely 
> satisfied with the current documentation, my own opinion is that this is 
> such an infrequently used FITS convention that it is not worth our time 
> now to try to resolve every remaining issue.
> 
> As a reminder, any member may request a formal vote on whether any 
> convention should be included in the registry or not, in which case a 
> simple majority will decide the issue.
> 
> regards,
> Bill
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