Create_data Proposal File Format

The proposal file has an XML-like format that lays out the relationship between a set of exposures. The layout looks like this:

<Proposal title="Test">
  <Observation>
    <Visit>
      <VisitGroup>
        <ParallelSequenceID>
          <Activity>
            <Exposure>
              <Detector>
                <base></base>
                <subarray></subarray>
                <exp_type></exp_type>
              </Detector>
            </Exposure>
          </Activity>
        </ParallelSequenceID>
      </VisitGroup>
    </Visit>
  </Observation>
</Proposal>

The file to be converted is put between the <base></base> tags, and if a subarray is needed to be extracted from a full-frame exposure, the name of the subarray can be put between the <subarray></subarray> tags. Finally, the type of exposure can be placed between the <exp_type> </exp_type> tags. The values of EXP_TYPE are:

MIRI	NIRCAM	NIRSPEC	NIRISS	FGS
MIR_IMAGE	NRC_IMAGE	NRS_TASLIT	NIS_IMAGE	FGS_IMAGE
MIR_TACQ	NRC_TACQ	NRS_TACQ	NIS_FOCUS	FGS_FOCUS
MIR_LYOT	NRC_CORON	NRS_TACONFIRM	NIS_DARK	FGS_SKYFLAT
MIR_4QPM	NRC_FOCUS	NRS_CONFIRM	NIS_WFSS	FGS_INTFLAT
MIR_LRS-FIXEDSLIT	NRC_DARK	NRS_FIXEDSLIT
MIR_LRS-SLITLESS	NRC_FLAT	NRS_AUTOWAVECAL
MIR_MRS		NRS_IFU
MIR_DARK		NRS_MSA
MIR_FLAT		NRS_AUTOFLAT
		NRS_DARK
		NRS_LAMP

Sections of this file can be replicated to represent, for example, all of the NIRCAM exposures from each of the 10 detectors at a single pointing by just replicating the <detector></detector> blocks.