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Glossary of terms used in the WSA

WSA attribute glossary

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WSA nonSurvey attribute glossary
This section lists attributes specific to a given non-survey programme e.g. u/05a/999, i.e. attributes in the u05a999Detection, u05a999Source and u05a999MergeLog tables. Other table attributes common to all WFCAM databases held by the WSA (see nonSurveyAccess) are listed in the general WSA attribute glossary above.

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Listed below are other terms used in the WSA.

MEF file	Multi-Extension FITS file
mfID	abbreviation for the attribute, multiframeID, used to cross-reference tables.
Multiframe	A multi-extension FITS file, eg the WFCAM pawprint is stored as a FITS file with 4 extensions, with each extension representing one of the detectors