[fitsbits] Start of the FITS-IDI Convention Comment Period

This is to announce the start of the 30-day Public Comment Period on
the FITS Interferometry Data Interchange (FITS-IDI) Convention for the
interchange of data recorded by interferometric telescopes, particularly
at radio frequencies and very long baselines. This is the 16th in a
growing series of conventions submitted to the Registry which is
maintained by the IAU FITS Working Group.

Detailed information about this convention and a sample FITS file that
uses it are available for public review and comment from the FITS
registry web page at

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

Comments about this convention may be posted here on the FITSBITS mail
exploder or the mirrored sci.astro.fits newsgroup. Minor typographical
issues may be sent directly to the authors of the convention.

Bill Pence
(on behalf of the IAU FITS Working Group)
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Dr. William Pence
NASA/GSFC Code 662 HEASARC +1-301-286-4599 (voice)
Greenbelt MD 20771 +1-301-286-1684 (fax)