Re: ALMA Science Software Requirements - an alternate spin

["Stephane Guilloteau" <guillote@iram.fr>]

> Such an off-line script could be
> derived from the data content, rather than from the observing procedure.

Brian replies
>> But wouldn't it need some information "passed through" from the proposal
>> preparation stage so it can decide how large the images should be, how to
>> weight the data, etc? At least at NRAO such parameters aren't in the
>> interferometric data products.

This is a good design point for the archiving: these parameters should be
tied up
with the data in some way. Seems new practice at all observatories, but
would be
very helpful.

        Stephane