RDA Naming Conventions

RDA File Names:
 
  Example:   rf120006m01_im1.fits-gz
 
  Template:   r<d><ssssss><f><nn>_<ttt>.fits-gz
              r f  120006  m  01 _ im1 .fits-gz
 
Meaning of the substrings (see template):
 
substring  | description
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  <cc>     | country code (one of 'ca', 'uk', 'us' ,'wg')
           |   'ca': calibration / verification
           |   'uk': United Kingdom
           |   'us': United States
           |   'wg': (West) Germany
  <d>      | detector ID
           |   'p': PSPC - 'f': PSPC with filter - 'h': HRI
  <ssssss> | sequence (ROR) number
  <f>      | follow-up indication
           |   'n': first observation
           |   'a': follow-up observation
           |   'm': mispointing
  <nn>     | number of folluw-up observation
  <ttt>    | data set type
           |   'im1': photon image in the broad band (0.1-2.4 keV)
           |   'im2': photon image in the hard band  (0.4-2.4 keV)
           |   'im3': photon image in the soft band  (0.1-0.4 keV)
           |   'ime': image of the average photon energy
           |   'bk1': background image in the broad band (0.1-2.4 keV)
           |   'bk2': background image in the hard band  (0.4-2.4 keV)
           |   'bk3': background image in the soft band  (0.1-0.4 keV)
           |   'mex': merged exposure map in the broad band  (0.1-2.4 keV)
           |    (and more)
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Unique Sequence Directory Names:
 
  Example:   ca120006fp--1_n2_p1_r2_f2_p2
 
  Template:  <cc><ssssss><dd><fff>_n<a>_p<b>_r<c>_f<d>_p<e>  
              ca  120006  fp  --1 _n 2 _p 1 _r 2 _f 2 _p 2
 
Meaning of the substrings (see template):
 
substring  | description
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  <cc>     | country code (one of 'ca', 'uk', 'us' ,'wg')
           |   'ca': calibration / verification
           |   'uk': United Kingdom
           |   'us': United States
           |   'wg': (West) Germany
  <ssssss> | sequence (ROR) number
  <dd>     | detector ID
           |   'p': PSPC - 'fp': PSPC with filter - 'h': HRI
  <fff>    | follow-up indication
           |   '-': real follow-up observation
           |   '--': mispointing
  <a>      | number of OBI (observation interval) processing
  <b>      | number of SEQ (sequence) processing
  <c>      | revision of SASS (standard analysis software system)
           |   <c> = 2 or higher
           |       -> format of data is rationalized FITS (RDF) format
  <d>      | revision of FITS software
  <e>      | number of FITS processing
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