Internal Technical Memorandum ITM-1998-09
Notes on v8.0.3 of the Phase II Proposal
Instructions
D. Soderblom
December 23, 1998
ABSTRACT
Version 8.0.1 of the Phase II Proposal Instructions was documented in ITM_1998_04, issued
October 1, 1998. Version 8.0.3 has some additional changes and improvements need to support
Cycle 8 General Observers, including an index, HTML output to connect to RPS2 help, and illustrations of examples of ORIENT.
1. Introduction
ITM_1998_04 was issued October 1, 1998, to document the creation of v8.0.1 of the Phase II Proposal Instructions (“P2PI”). Production of v8.0.1 meant many text changes to prepare for Cycle 8,
as well as a substantial change to the format of the document.
This ITM documents the release of v8.0.3 of P2PI, in December, 1998. The text changes made
since v8.0.1 are listed in Table 1, “OPRs Incorporated into Version 8.0.3,” on page 3. Of greater
significance are additions that make P2PI easier to connect to: HTML output for RPS2 help, and
an index.
Version 8.0.3 has been formatted for effective presentation both on paper and via the web as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. A PDF file is easy and quick to download, and, once opened,
can be left on one’s screen as a ready reference. The PDF document provides all of the capabilities
of HTML and more, and there are no current plans to produce an HTML version of P2PI. Experiments showed that a significant effort would be needed to produce good-looking and effective
HTML. The PDF document provides HTML features and is easy to produce.
2. Production of HTML
FrameMaker produces very poor HTML output. In part the reasons are intrinsic to the nature of
Framemaker, which is oriented around producing precisely-controlled text in a fixed-size environment (the printed page). However, there are genuine problems with the way that Framemaker
produces HTML. Up to now the production of HTML output has been avoided by using the PDF
format instead. PDF is in many respects superior to HTML.
However, PDF at present has one substantial shortcoming: It is not possible to enter a PDF document to go to a specific topic (“Named Destinations”). Instead, the Acrobat reader always goes to
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the first page of the PDF file. This makes it impossible to provide effective ties for RPS2 help
topics.
The present solution has been to generate HTML, with the intention of using it solely for connection to RPS2 help. The HTML files are legible, but they lack the graphic quality of the PDF and so
will not be provided routinely on the web. Their readability has been significantly improved by
deleting the CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) files that FrameMaker produces. However, this causes
problems unless the reference to the CSS file within the HTML is also removed.
The HTML has been generated chapter by chapter. Topics in the Engineering version have not
been included.
3. Other Changes
3.1 An Index
V8.0.3 includes an index, which, in the PDF version, is hyperlinked to the topics listed. Topics in
the Engineering version have not been indexed.
3.2 Illustrations of the Use of ORIENT
Three illustrations of the use of ORIENT have been provided in Chapter 7, one for each SI.
4. PROPINST OPRs
The mechanism for identifying errors, deficiencies, or needs in P2PI is the Operations Problem
Report (OPR). OPRs can be filed or viewed by going to
http://www.sesd.stsci.edu/prsystem/
and selecting “PROPINST.”
This version has incorporated as many OPRs as possible, summarized below.
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Table 1. OPRs Incorporated into Version 8.0.3
OPR
Description
Comment
37555
WFPC2: Remove LRF scans
981013
37556
WFPC2: Remove SCAN-READ parameter
981016
37849
Support intermediate PED help page
37911
WFPC2: partial filter restriction
37924
Add SAA-CONTOUR 26
981125
37937
Remove references to wavelength range
981125
37952
FGS: Remove WALKDOWN, LOS, and MAP modes
981125
37966
STIS: Require BINAXIS1=BINAXIS2
981125
Done as HTML
Closed
981204
981125
Table 2. PROPINST OPRs That Cannot be Closed; On Hold
OPR
Description
Comment
31873
SpReq: Add graphs to show target visibility data
Assess need
34027
SS Targs: Allow use of logical NOT
TRANS assessment needed
34081
SpReq: Allow ORIENT as exposure-level requirement
not supported by software
34957
SpReq: remove ONBOARD ACQ FOR and change INT ACQ FOR
on hold
35054
Parallels: Add coordinated parallel restrictions for STIS PATTERNs
still OPEN for PP
36557
SpReq: Make visit fit in orbital units
TRANS assessment needed
37561
Remove <line-list> from INT ACQ and RT ANALYSIS SRs
waiting for S/W
37804
Allow day-of-year format for dates
waiting for S/W
37225
Support new Transverse PATTERN syntax
defer to 1999
38022
Remove NICMOS PATTERN parameters
defer to 1999
Table 3. OPRs on Hold for Future Inclusion for ACS
OPR
Description
Comment
34582
ACS: Proposal instructions
not in Henry list
35060
ACS: Proposal types
35531
ACS: Update for internal lamps
35779
ACS: ALIGN mode
35970
ACS: HRC ACQ mode and coronagraphic observations
36197
ACS: Ramp filters
36486
ACS: Allow DROP TO GYRO
36888
ACS: SBC and WFC fixed filter offsets
37467
ACS: Phase V Proposal Instructions
not in Henry list
Table 4. Other Open OPRs
OPR
Description
Comment
36674
Need explanation of acquiring offset star
37500
Disallow STIS and FOC as coordinated parallels
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