Re: [alma-sw-ssr] Post-Berkeley draft of Offline Requirements

["Steven T. Myers" <smyers@cv3.cv.nrao.edu>]

This requirement has been updated to more or less what you suggested in
the latest version 3.1 (08Aug01) as OL-7.1-R5.1 for at least one standard
format (I chose fits but could be something else) at Pri 1 and R5.2 for
other formats at Priority 3.

FITS works as an image format (the "I" part originally meant image I
believe) and is supported by a number of viewers (e.g. xv).

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, K. Tatematsu wrote:

> [Apologies if you've already seen this, I think it bounced - Brian]
>
> Dear All,
>
> At 11:09 01/06/26 -0600, Tim Cornwell wrote:
> >"7.1-R4 The output of the display should be possible in many different
> >formats..."
> >
> >No, I think you choose one and let other software (e.g. ImageMagick) do any
> >conversion. That's what we do in AIPS++: we write xpm and recommend that people
> >use a converter of which there are plenty.
>
> In Berkeley, we did not have enough time to discuss the Visualization section.
> The above requirement is still in new 2-7.1-R4 without priority.
>
> I am afraid that "many" means 30 or more.
> How about just saying...
>
> 2-7.1-R4
> The output of the display should be possible in at least one
> popular image format, from which one can convert to
> various image formats by using a commercial or free graphic converter
> software.
>
> I think this is a minimum requirement, and I like to give a
> high priority(1).
>
> If we keep the original sentence, I suggest a lower priority (3?).
>
> How do you think?
>
> By the way, I think that FITS
> (if you mean the Flexible Image Transport System) is
> the data output rather than the display output, right?
>
> Cheers,
> Ken Tatematsu
>
>
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