[iaufwg] FITS panel recommendations; ready for review?

William Pence pence at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Jul 13 17:25:58 EDT 2007


William Thompson wrote:
> Bill:
> 
> Thanks for the clarification about blocks, that confused me too.
> 
> I'm concerned about the recommendation about preserving the order of 
> keywords--I don't think it's practical.  Otherwise, I think it's ready 
> for general discussion on FITSBITS.

Well, it is only a recommendation, and it can be ignored if it is not 
practical in a given situation.  Since there are instances where the 
order of keywords is important, the panel felt it was reasonable to make 
this recommendation rather than ignore the issue entirely.

Bill


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