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Paper: Practical Applications of a Relational Database of FITS Keywords
Volume: 125, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems VI
Page: 241
Authors: Clarke, De; Allen, S. L.
Abstract: In the course of designing a major mosaicked instrument (DEIMOS) we need tools to manage the large set of FITS keywords required for instrument control and data reduction/archiving. We have therefore constructed a relational database schema which describes FITS keywords, and have implemented it using Sybase. In this schema FITS keywords and structures are entities, having attributes such as format, units, data-type, minimum and maximum value, semantics, etc. The schema was expanded and generalized to document information flow and database schema (becoming self-referential). Many useful output products (documentation, diagnostics, configuration, and source code) can be generated from one authoritative source of keyword information.
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