On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Tim Jenness wrote:
> What's the deal with the starjava commit concerning PLASTIC/SAMP and 1D
> fits spectra? How can it transfer FITS but not 1D FITS? They are both
> fits. Confused.
SPLAT could transmit and receive both types, but it seems to be in a class
of one (or maybe two) spectral viewers that can. This new position just
reflects that most other implementors see PLASTIC and SAMP as just an
extension of the VO to the desktop, so general purpose message types
should probably just send and receive VO data formats. In the case of
spectra that seems to be FITS tables.
(this change of position is to support interoperability with Herschel)
Peter.
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