Re: [gnuastro-devel] [task #14340] Defining arbitrary variable and its value in FITS headers

[boud]

hi all,

On Tue, 31 Jan 2017, Mohammad Akhlaghi wrote:

>                 Summary: Defining arbitrary variable and its value in FITS
> headers
>                 Project: GNU Astronomy Utilities

> It is very important for reproducibility that the programs which produce FITS
> images also add all their input option values into the produced extension. One

In case gnuastro people don't know it: there's a fitsbits@ discussion
list where it might be worth coordinating some of these sorts of
questions:

https://listmgr.nrao.edu/mailman/listinfo/fitsbits

One of the recurring themes on that list is how to continue updating
FITS standards to follow or precede what really gets used in
astronomical FITS files, and to encourage people to implement the
standards. If gnuastro becomes widely used, then it may lead to
new de facto standards - so some coordination now at an early stage
might be useful.

Cheers
Boud