TABLE  Programme

List of programmes comprising the GES survey.

This table contains details of the individual programmes which comprise
the GES survey.

TODO
Two columns are currently retained from the corresponding VSA table.
Experience will show whether they are needed in GES


Required constraints:
  • Primary key is (programmeID)

NameTypeLengthUnitDescriptionDefault ValueUnified Content Descriptor
programmeIDint4 Unique identifier for the programme meta.id
titlevarchar64 a short title for the programme, eg. "Bulge Survey"'NONE'meta.note
descriptionvarchar256 a concise description of the programme'NONE'meta.note
institutionvarchar20 Institution responsible for the programme'NONE' 
workGroupvarchar20 GES working group responsible for the programme'NONE' 
referencevarchar40 Bibliographic reference to a publication describing the programme'NONE' 
urlvarchar80 URL for a Web page describing the programme'NONE' 
propPeriodint4monthsthe proprietory period for any data taken for the programme in months, e.g. 12 for open time-99999999time.period
dfsIDStringvarchar64 The description used within the data flow system (i.e. the value of the appropriate FITS keyword)'NONE'??
Total length552