Contents

• Introduction
  • Scope
  • Applicable Documents
  • Reference Documents
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Overview
• Data Flow Structure
  • Proposal and Observation Handling
  • VLT Control system
  • Science Archive
  • Pipeline Processing
  • Quality Control
  • Domain Objects and Utilities
  • Database Services
• Responsibilities for a VLT/VLTI Instrument
  • Construction period
    • Instrument Responsible
    • Instrument Control Responsible
    • Data Analysis Specialist
    • Instrument Consortium
    • Data Flow Instrument Responsible
    • Data Flow Products Summary
  • Instrument installation and commissioning period
  • Performance Evaluation
  • Provisional Acceptance
  • Running-in period
  • Routine Operations
    • Instrument Scientist
    • User Support
    • Paranal Observing
    • Paranal Instrument Maintenance
    • Data Flow Instrument Responsible
    • Archive Group
  • Upgrade phases
• Documentation
  • Data Flow User Requirements
  • Data Flow Software Requirements
  • Data Reduction Detailed Design
  • Calibration Plan
  • Data Flow User Manual
• Software Development
  • VLT instrumentation plan
  • Software development plan
  • Instrument calibration packages
  • Development environments
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