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- (File updated 27 December 1991 UT 1700)
-
- This directory contains copies of version 0.3b of the NASA/OSSA Office of
- Standards and Technology (NOST) Draft Standard for Implementation of the
- Flexible Image Transport System (FITS). This version is the result of the
- Technical Panel review of the comments received on version 0.2 of the standard
- during the period June-September 1991. The most significant changes are
- elimination of the restriction on alphabetic characters to upper case in table
- field names (value of TTYPEn keywords) and replacement of the informational
- appendix describing the AIPS A3DTABLE construct with text describing the
- BINTABLE binary tables proposal. Given the nature of the comments received,
- the Panel concluded that only minor revisions, if any, to version 0.3 would be
- necessary before it could be submitted to the NOST Accreditation Panel for
- approval as a NASA Standard and to the IAU FITS Working Group for endorsement
- as the Standard for FITS. No general community comment period is envisioned,
- although comments or questions can be sent to the address at the end of this
- file.
-
- Version 0.3b is being reviewed by the Technical Panel to ensure that that it
- properly incorporates the Panel decisions. When that review is complete, a
- revised version will be announced and released, if necessary; any differences
- from version 0.3b are likely to be small. The new version is being made
- generally available now to allow those individuals or groups who may have been
- using earlier drafts as a reference on FITS, in spite of their provisional
- status, to replace their copies of the earlier draft with the improved one.
- As before, the form of the Standard is not final and should not be considered
- to supersede the existing FITS documentation.
-
- This directory also contains a list of the extension type names that
- have been registered with the IAU FITS Working Group. The file
- containing the list includes a brief summary of the extension type
- corresponding to each name, the developer, and the status of the
- extension. Also described is the procedure for registration of
- extension type names. This file will be updated from time to time as
- new extension type names are proposed and extensions corresponding
- to reserved names progress through the process required for IAU FITS
- Working Group approval as a standard extension. As a result, it
- should be used rather than the appendix in the Standard covering
- reserved extension type names, because the XTENSION.LIS file will be
- more up to date.
-
- The FITS directory contains the following seven files:
-
- FITS_STANDARD.PS;1 PostScript version of the processed LaTeX file
- FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 LaTeX source file
- FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 Flat ASCII text version of the processed LaTeX file
- FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 LaTeX index file. Needed to produce LaTeX index.
- NOST.STY;1 LaTeX style file. Needed to run LaTeX on source file
- README.;1 Information on this version of the draft standard
- XTENSION.LIS;1 Extension type names registered with IAU
-
- Procedures for access and retrieval are as follows:
- NB: simulated sessions
- ===============================================================================
- == default DECnet copy command example ==
- ===============================================================================
- ndadsa $ dir nssdca::anon_dir:[000000]
-
- Directory NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[000000]
-
- ACTIVE.DIR;1 ADC.DIR;1 ASTRO-1.DIR;1 CDF.DIR;1
- FITS.DIR;1 FORMS.DIR;1 HST.DIR;1 IUE.DIR;1
- NCDS.DIR;1 OPERATIONS.DIR;1 PUBLIC.DIR;1 TOOLKIT.BCK;32767
- USING_EAST_GATEWAY.DAT;32766
-
- Total of 13 files.
-
-
- ndadsa $ dir nssdca::anon_dir:[fits]
-
- Directory NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]
-
- FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 FITS_STANDARD.PS;1 FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1
- FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 NOST.STY;1 README.;1
-
- Total of 5 files.
-
- ndadsa $ copy/log nssdca::anon_dir:[fits]readme. *
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]README.;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]README.;2 (16 blocks)
-
- ndadsa $ copy/log nssdca::anon_dir:[fits]nost.sty *
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]NOST.STY;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]NOST.STY;1 (17 blocks)
-
- ndadsa $ copy/log nssdca::anon_dir:[fits]fits_standard.* *
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]FITS_STANDARD.IND;2 (11 blocks)
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]FITS_STANDARD.PS;1 (710 blocks)
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 (234 blocks)
- %COPY-S-COPIED, NSSDCA::ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 copied to
- DISKA":[MEV]FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 (230 blocks)
- %COPY-S-NEWFILES, 4 files created
-
-
- ===============================================================================
- == Anonymous FTP command example via Internet ==
- ===============================================================================
- ndadsa $ ftp nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
-
- NDADSA.GSFC.NASA.GOV MultiNet FTP user process 2.2(100)
- Connection opened (Assuming 8-bit connections)
- <NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV MultiNet FTP Server Process 2.2(11) at Mon 24-Dec-90 9:17AM-EST
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>user anonymous
- <anonymous user ok. Send real ident as password.
-
- Password: MEV@NDADSA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
- <Guest User MEV@NDADSA.GSFC.NASA.GOV logged into ANON_DIR:[000000] at Mon 24-Dec-90 09:17, job 202003a1.
- <Directory and access restrictions apply
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>ls
- <List started.
- active.dir
- adc.dir
- astro-1.dir
- cdf.dir
- fits.dir
- forms.dir
- hst.dir
- iue.dir
- ncds.dir
- operations.dir
- public.dir
- toolkit.bck
- using_east_gateway.dat
- <Transfer completed.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>cd fits
- <Connected to ANON_DIR:[FITS].
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>ls
- <List started.
- fits_standard.ind
- fits_standard.ps
- fits_standard.tex
- fits_standard.txt
- nost.sty
- readme.
- <Transfer completed.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>dir
- <List started.
- ANON_DIR:[FITS]
- FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 11 21-MAY-1991 23:57 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- FITS_STANDARD.PS;1 713 3-SEP-1991 16:01 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 235 3-SEP-1991 15:54 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 231 3-SEP-1991 16:14 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- NOST.STY;1 17 26-MAR-1991 17:21 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- README.;1 15 3-SEP-1991 16:24 FITS_ANON (RWED,RWED,RE,RE)
- Total of 6 files, 1218 blocks.
- <Transfer completed.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>get readme.;1 readme.
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]README.;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 316 (8) bytes transferred.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>get nost.sty nost.sty
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]NOST.STY;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 8250 (8) bytes transferred.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>get fits_standard.tex fits_standard.tex
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 129024 (8) bytes transferred.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>mget fits_standard.*
- <List started.
- <Transfer completed.
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.IND;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 5632 (8) bytes transferred.
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.PS;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 509440 (8) bytes transferred.
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.TEX;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 118272 (8) bytes transferred.
- <VMS retrieve of ANON_DIR:[FITS]FITS_STANDARD.TXT;1 started.
- <Transfer completed. 129024 (8) bytes transferred.
-
- NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV>quit
- <QUIT command received. Goodbye.
-
- ======================================================================
- For further information send electronic mail to the FITS Support
- office at
- (DECnet) NCF::FITS
- (Internet) fits@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
-
- or telephone at (301)513-1634. The telephone is equipped with a voice
- mail system to take messages from touch tone phones if no one answers.
-
-