On Jan 9, 2014, at 4:58 PM, Brooks Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, its clear the "end game" would take a long time to realize. It will
> take serious patience on the part of folks who care.
We’re halfway there, then ;-) This conversation has been going on for a very
long time. Click through to the archives for the current list and for the
original leapsecs list from:
http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/futureofutc/links.html
The place to start before making a foray into the mailing list, however, is
with Steve Allen’s excellent pages:
http://ucolick.org/~sla/leapsecs/
> My point is that the standards, where they exist, are dispersed and fractured.
Indeed. They are also contingent on physical context from the real world. It
is simple fact that a single time scale is insufficient to model the complexity
of the systems required.
> So, an effort to simply consolidate the terms, definitions, and standards
> into a single reference document would go a long way toward lending clarity
> to system implementers, other industries, and, importantly, to governments
> seeking to refine their laws to coordinate time and commerce with other
> jurisdictions.
Maybe a reference library is a reasonable place to start rather than a single
document. I’m biased, but not therefore wrong, in recommending the proceedings
of the 2011 and 2013 UTC meetings:
Decoupling Civil Timekeeping from Earth Rotation:
http://futureofutc.org/2011/preprints/
Requirements for UTC and Civil Timekeeping on Earth:
http://futureofutc.org/preprints/
The published proceedings are available from the American Astronautical Society:
http://www.univelt.com/Science.html
As well as this week’s well attended American Astronomical Society splinter
meeting:
http://futureofutc.org/aas223/
Rob Seaman
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
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