Standardising units and formats (and ref frames?) in transmission

[Jesus Salgado]

Apologize for but, fortunately, VOSpec does the transformations better
than me:
> 18:36:56.336 is 18degrees, 36 minutes, 56.336 seconds (degrees are the
> default)(transformed to 19.538933333 degrees by VOSpec)
> 
> DDh:MM:SS.SSS
> 18h:36:56.336 is 18hours, 36 minutes, 56.336 seconds,
(transformed to 270.6156488888888889 degrees by VOSpec)

> DDd:MM:SS.SSS
> 18d:36:56.336 is 18degrees, 36 minutes, 56.336 seconds,
(transformed to 18.615648888888889 degrees by VOSpec)
> 
> DDh:MMm:SS.SSSs
> of course, you could also add "m" and "s" to any of the previous
> formats, e.g., 18h:36m:56.336s
(transformed to 270.615648888888889 degrees by VOSpec)
> 
> This is described in the VOSpec help pages
> http://esavo.esac.esa.int/VOSpecManual/gui.html#target
> 
> (no complain) :)
> 
> Best Regards,
-- 
Jesus J. SALGADO                       Jesus.Salgado at sciops.esa.int

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