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| Paper: |
The NOAO Web-based Observing Proposal System |
| Volume: |
145, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VII |
| Page: |
288 |
| Authors: |
Bell, D. J.; Barnes, J.; Pilachowski, C. |
| Abstract: |
A World Wide Web interface to the NOAO observing proposal form is now available. Proposal information is provided by users through a set of HTML forms and submitted to the NOAO server where it is processed by a Perl CGI script. Netscape users may optionally attach locally prepared PostScript figures or ASCII text files for inclusion in their proposals using that browser's file upload feature. All submitted data is retained on the server so that it may be recovered and modified in later sessions or viewed by collaborators who have shared the proposal password. In addition to the advantages of global availability and interface familiarity, the system provides several other useful options including online verification of \LaTeX\ syntax and a spell-checker. Users can retrieve a filled-in copy of the NOAO proposal template by e-mail, or run latex and dvips on the NOAO server, view the output, and submit the proposal online. The NOAO WWW observing proposal pages can be found at ``http://www.noao.edu/noaoprop/''. |
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