*************************************************************************** IERS Message No. 58 June 15, 2004 *************************************************************************** IERS Conventions Center: New discussion forum and web site. The IERS Conventions center has developed a Discussion Forum and a new web and ftp site for the IERS Conventions, on a server at the BIPM. 1) The user discussion forum http://tai.bipm.org/iers/forum/ is open for users to offer their comments, criticism, and suggestions regarding the update of the IERS Conventions. It is organized in themes following the present structure of the IERS Conventions (2003). To post a contribution it is necessary to be registered. Registration is a very simple procedure. It is only necessary to provide a login_name and password, and a valid e-mail address. It is recommended that the login_name be representative of your real name because the login_name is used to identify the authors of contributions. Reading the contributions is open and anonymous. A number of contributions have been posted in advance of the public opening by Jim Ray in order to stimulate discussions. Responses and new contributions are welcome. 2) The new ftp site ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/ has two directories: * ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/conv2003/ is a mirror of the usual ftp site ftp://maia.usno.navy.mil/conv2003/ containing all files of the Conventions (2003) (Note that as of June 4, 2004 the pdf files of the chapters have not been updated on the USNO site). * ftp://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/ is used to store material relative to future updates of the IERS Conventions. 3) The new web site http://tai.bipm.org/iers/ has two main pages: * http://tai.bipm.org/iers/conv2003/conv2003.html which ultimately points to the material of the Conventions (2003). * http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt.html which is used for Conventions updates. It is planned to save all the information on successive updates incrementing in the pages of each chapter. See an example version in http://tai.bipm.org/iers/convupdt/convupdt_c5.html Gérard Petit and Dennis D. McCarthy IERS Conventions Center *************************************************************************** IERS Messages are edited and distributed by the IERS Central Bureau. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please write to <central_bureau@iers.org>. Archives: http://www.iers.org/iers/publications/messages/ ***************************************************************************