PDS_VERSION_ID                = PDS3
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  NOTE                        = "Comments on the Odyssey SPICE Archive"
  PUBLICATION_DATE            = 2002-09-27
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COMMENTS ON THE ODYSSEY SPICE DATA ARCHIVE
======================================

   This document contains comments and errata concerning the Odyssey SPICE
   Data Archive.


1. Text Kernel File Format
--------------------------

   All SPICE text kernel files (LSK, PCK, SCLK, IK, FK) provided on
   these volumes have lines terminated by only <LF> (UNIX convention.)
   This is dictated by NAIF's archiving approach to include a
   consistent set of UNIX binary (IEEE architecture) and text (<LF>
   only for end of line marker) kernels on the archive volumes.

   However, the format of the text kernels is specified in their
   associated labels as ASCII (INTERCHANGE_FORMAT = ASCII.) This is a
   violation of the PDS standard stating that lines in ASCII files must
   be delimited by the combination of <CR><LF>.


2. Text Formatting in spiceds.cat
---------------------------------

   Text in the spiceds.cat's DATA_SET_DESC and CONFIDENCE_LEVEL_NOTE fields
   is not formatted properly. It has lines longer than 70 characters and 
   does not follow left indentation and header underlining guidelines
   suggested by the PDS standard.