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ObsCore model extension for radio data
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Comment on parameter names #59

Open BaptisteCecconi opened 2 months ago

BaptisteCecconi commented 2 months ago

I have issues with the names of the parameters, some of which are not explicit (or could be misleading, without reading the documentation). Mostly it is:

kettenis commented 2 months ago

I think most, if not all, of the instrument_xxx parameters should be removed from the standard. These parameters are mostly meaningless unless you're doing an instrument-specific query.

alle-ira commented 2 months ago

We agree that instrument_xxx would be used for more advanced discovery. For instance instrument_ant_count could be of interest in the case of split array observations, when the user wants to select only those observations involving at least a given number of stations.