[fitsbits] Start of "Foreign File Encapsulation" Public CommentPeriod

On Friday 29 September 2006 23:14, William Pence wrote:
This convention defines a new FITS extension type with

XTENSION= 'FOREIGN '
...
This Public Comment Period will remain open for 30 days.
This is a specification of a local FITS extension and should be
treated as such and not as a 'convention'. If there is general
support, one should considered to start to process of defining
a standard extensions. Security issues may well need to be
addressed.

Cheers,
Preben Grosbol