I am starting to make the updates to the RM document brought about by the
RFC and there is the matter of bandpass names, which we were urged to
standardize and make consistent. I remind you that now we have the
following eight bandpasses as allowed values for Coverage.Spectra:
Radio
Millimeter
Infrared
Optical
UV
EUV
X-ray
Gamma-ray
We have two names that are acronyms and the others not, and it does seem would should be self-consistent.
How would people feel about consolidating to seven named regions, all spelled-out?
Radio
Millimeter
Infrared
Optical
Ultraviolet
X-ray
Gamma-ray
Ultraviolet would "consume" EUV. My reasoning is
1) These are broad definitions at this level; further specificity is
provided by Coverage.Spectral.Bandpass and the central, minimum, and maximum
wavelength elements.
2) EUV is infrequently observed; only a handful of resources would
characterize themselves as specific to EUV and could still be easily found
with Spectral.Coverage = UV plus other constraints.
We could also include EUV spelled-out,
Extreme-Ultraviolet
or
Extreme Ultraviolet
but for reasons mentioned above it seems simpler to me to leave it out.
Thanks,
Bob
Received on 2004-03-22Z17:23:40