The Past, Present and Future of Astronomical Data Formats

Jessica Mink; Robert G. Mann; Robert Hanisch; Arnold Rots; Rob Seaman; Tim Jenness; Brian Thomas; William O'Mullane

The Past, Present and Future of Astronomical Data Formats

Jessica Mink, Robert G. Mann, Robert Hanisch, Arnold Rots, Rob Seaman, Tim Jenness, Brian Thomas, William O'Mullane

School of Physics and Astronomy

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The future of astronomy is inextricably entwined with the care and feeding of astronomical data products. Community standards such as FITS and NDF have been instrumental in the success of numerous astronomy projects. Their very success challenges us to entertain pragmatic strategies to adapt and evolve the standards to meet the aggressive data-handling requirements of facilities now being designed and built. We discuss characteristics that have made standards successful in the past, as well as desirable features for the future, and an open discussion follows.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIV (ADASS XXIV)
Publisher	ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2015

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