The proposal details page is the first page to show the typical frames layout of the XRPS forms, as described in § 4.4 and displayed in Fig. 4.
Each proposal contains already some information given by the PI when applying for XMM-Newton observing time (e.g. target names, coordinates, total observation duration, proposal titles and abstracts, personal details of PI and Co-Is, ...). The user should verify that this information is correct but is not supposed to apply major changes to these parameters, since this was the basis for the OTAC to distribute the XMM-Newton AO observing time.
The functional buttons at the bottom of this page have been described in § 4.4.3. Working on each proposal starts with the proposal details page, where the following information is required (notice again that items marked with asterisks are mandatory):
The maximum allowed length of a title is 80 characters.
The default is the title given by the PI.
For the current AO the following proposal types are available:
For more details on proposal type, see the Policies and Procedures document.
The default is the proposal type given by the PI.
XRPS offers a choice of proposal categories matching the composition of the XMM-Newton Observatory Time Allocation Committee (OTAC) panels. The available categories are:
The default is the proposal category given by the PI.
Please enter the proposal abstract using the editor window provided (max. 10 lines with 80 ASCII characters per line).
The default is the abstract given by the PI.
In those cases where one proposal depends heavily on the outcome of another, the other (''associated'') proposal should be mentioned here. If you have received back an email acknowledging receipt of the associated proposal (including a proposal identification number), please provide first the number, followed by the proposal title (max. 80 characters altogether).
It is also necessary to create ''associated proposals'' if your programme includes more than 50 observations. 50 is the maximum number of observations the XRPS can handle within one proposal.
The default is empty.
Only if the Proposal type is marked as Target of Opportunity (anticipated), when the Commit button is pressed an extra text panel becomes available at the bottom of the Proposal Details page. This text panel displays the trigger criteria, reaction time and observing strategy as given by the PI in phase I.
Still within the main input window of the page, the three functional buttons ''Commit'', ''Add Co-I'' and ''Add Observation'' are displayed, which offer the following functionality.
As before; commit the proposal details that were entered into the form to the working memory. If you do not commit your entries to memory before moving on, you will lose what you have typed in.
Up to now only the PI personal information has been entered. All details about each Co-Investigator must be entered too. Fill in a separate page for each Co-I (see § 5.2.2).
After providing general proposal information, the proposer can now continue by entering details about the proposed science observations into an observation page (§ 5.2.3), by choosing the ''Add Observation'' option.