On Sat 2006-09-16T15:44:24 -0700, Roy Williams hath writ:
> I believe that the IVOA should Recommend something. Not a requirement.
I guess I'm too entrenched in other international arenas, for I ask Can there really be things stronger than recommend?
> My suggestion is to say that the IVOA understands a sexagesimal
> position if and only if it fits the definition as "six numbers
> separated by non-numbers". It is a very simple defintion and yet
> accepts almost all the formats that are used.
The FITS world constrained DATExxxx strings to a much tighter subset of the ISO specification. Will there really be much contention if IVOA demands a similarly restricted set?
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