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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.