desidatamodel Change Log

23.6 (unreleased)

  • Add 5 coadd-related columns to the fibermap of the Redrock files (PR #192).

  • Add DESINAME description (PR #189).

  • Update definition of ZCAT_NSPEC (PR #187).

  • Add note about equivalent width values in fuji and guadalupe (PR #181).

  • Add note about units in FITS files (PR #178).

23.1 (2023-06-12)

  • Warnings about TARGET_RA, etc. (PR #177).

  • Automate generation of bitmasks.rst (PR #176).

  • Reorganize front pages for DESI non-experts (PR #172).

  • Clean up DESI_SPECTRO_REDUX and DESI_TARGET after verification of EDR (PR #171).

  • Add Lyman-alpha VAC data model (PR #169).

  • Final clean up for DESI EDR (PR #167).

  • Add LSS catalog to data model (PR #166).

  • Updates to redshift catalog files and other spectroscopic reduction files (PRs #164, #162, #161).

  • Clarify definition of RA, Dec (PR #160).

  • Add $DESI_ROOT/vac directory (PR #157).

  • Updates to raw data files; validation now selects multiple candidate files for testing (PR #151).

  • Update description of guide files in raw data (PR #154).

  • Update description of sky files in raw data (PR #153).

  • Update column descriptions for galaxy clustering files meeting EDR datamodel (PR #152).

  • Update column descriptions for tile-based spectra/redshift/afterburner files (PR #145).

  • Update column descriptions from a master list of columns (PR #144).

  • Update spectra and coadd text with additional examples (PR #143).

  • Rename SURVEYOPS (PR #142).

  • Add links to maskbit definitions (PR #139).

  • Update the contributing page (PR #138).

  • Update documentation for QSO afterburner files (PR #134).

  • Resolve maggy/maggies discrepancies in DESI_TARGET / DESI_SURVEY (PR #133).

  • Update documentation of QA files (PR #132).

  • Document top level exposure and tile summary files (PR #131).

  • Populate the data model for the zmtl files (PR #130).

  • Improve documenetation of emline files (PR #128).

  • Add documentation of various calibration files (PR #127).

  • Further cleanup of fuji and guadalupe header keywords and columns (PR #126).

  • Update data model for target files to reflect ets/dr9 release (PR #105).

  • Update data model for fiberassign files in the tiles product (PR #103).

22.2 (2022-05-31)

  • Updates for fuji and guadalupe reductions (PR #102). Includes support for:

    • Variable-length string-valued columns.

    • Cross references to HDUs in other data models.

    • Notation for optional header keywords and columns.

    • Improved visual styling for header keyword and column description tables.

  • Add data model for MTL ledgers (PR #101).

  • Migrated to GitHub Actions for testing.

  • Update DESI_SPECTRO_DATA model based on Main Survey data (PR #94).

  • Update DESI_SPECTRO_REDUX model based on everest production (PRs #93, #90).

  • Update desitarget data model to reflect the ets release (PR #85):

    • Alter filenames to add PHASE/OBSCON/RESOLVE and remove DR.

    • Add full directory structure for DESI_TARGET/TARG_DIR.

  • Use the DR8 data model for targets and deprecate DR7 (PR #84):

    • Updates columns to match the DR8 target files.

    • Adds a targets-dr8.rst file to deprecate once DR9 is released.

    • Updates the header information to match the DR8 target files.

    • Adds units for some columns.

    • Directory structure now reflects the (HEALPix-split) target files.

    • Adds urls for the DR8 target files for upcoming research notes.

  • Update Travis test configuration (PR #81).

  • Update data model to reflect 19.9 software release (PR #78).

19.2 (2019-10-01)

This is primarily a reference tag to capture changes prior to the planned 19.9 release. The release date does not reflect the state of pipeline outputs as of October 2019.

  • Update raw data model based on spectrograph tests (PR #73).

  • Allow documentation of similar ranges of HDUs (PR #75).

  • Update data model for desisurvey and surveysim (PR #70, #71).

18.11 (2018-12-11)

  • Lots of format cleanup updates (PR #68).

  • MASK HDUs will no longer be compressed (PR #60).

  • Deprecate DESI_TARGET files (sky, stdstar) that aren’t in use (PR #59).

  • Describe apertures in the skies file as “radius” not “size” (PR #59).

  • Add randoms/gfas/skies/pixweight files to the DESI_TARGET model (PR #57).

  • Update the targets file in the DESI_TARGET model (PR #57).

  • Ensure that BUNIT and TUNIT* values obey the FITS standard (PR #54).

18.6 (2018-07-20)

Tag for 18.6 software release (with a slight delay).

  • Updates for quicklook pipeline (PR #48, #50).

  • Raw data now stored in NIGHT/EXPID directories (PR #52)

18.3 (2018-05-09)

Tag for 18.3 software release (albeit 1.5 months later).

  • Switching to YY.[M]M versioning to match software releases.

  • Fill in missing file summaries and HDU descriptions (PR #47).

  • Update data model to reflect reference run 18.3 (PR #46).

  • Drop support for Python 2.

1.2.0 (2018-03-23)

  • Vet data model against reference run 18.2a. Numerous changes to data model Python code to support, e.g. compressed HDUs (PR #42).

  • Many accumulated changes since 2015.

1.1.1 (2015-11-06)

  • Some fixes for Python 3 tests (PR #5).

1.1.0 (2015-11-06)

1.0.0 (2015-10-29)

  • Support for desiInstall, etc. (PR #1).

0.2.0 (2015-05-22)

  • See git log files.

0.1.0 (2015-01-16)

  • See git log files.

0.0.4 (2015-01-12)

  • See git log files.

0.0.3 (2014-07-21)

  • See git log files.

0.0.2 (2014-06-10)

  • See git log files.

0.0.1 (2014-05-29)

  • See git log files.