Re: meeting summary, next meeting

[Gianni Raffi <graffi@eso.org>]

Hi, 
by reading the Minutes Robert has written I bumped into this: 

>  B. Clark will draft a script  language specification.
>
This is exactly what we do not need from SSR please. In the case of the
VLT end-to-end model this
would have meant to specify Tcl. Leave something for analysis.,design
and development too pls.

> . specify a set of script procedures doing the standard observing modes; 
>   the script language should allow staff astronomers or advanced observers 
>   to edit those procedures.

I agree on this further qualification. For me what is meant here must
be:
1) Specify standard observing mode scenarios (this corresponds on the
VLT to the standard scripts
   which we call Templates + Singature parameters). I assume they must
depend somehow also on the    receivers, configurations. I assume this
to be a huge domain.
2) Specify requirement that staff astronomers or advanced observers
should be able to
edit this, if you are sure you want it. By editing I understand that one
would invent his own observing mode, which is different of course than
having own parameters with a standard observing mode.
(By the way we do not allow this in service mode at the VLT; it would
then be impossible to apply standard quality checks and pipeline
procedures to the acquired data).

For someone who wanted to stay out of this alive debate, this is
probably already too much.
Kind regards,
Gianni