New Version (v5.3) of the ISO Data Archive installed on 17/12/2002

In the morning of the 17th of December 2002, a new version (v5.3) of the ISO Data Archive (IDA) software was installed.

The major improvements of this new version are :

• The IDA is now compatible with Netscape 6 and Netscape 7 browsers.
• The Survey Product Display Tools has been made project independent and is also used by the XSA archive
• It has now a dynamic interface that shows only relevant information of the FITS data products to be displayed.
• Images do not need any adjust to make them visible after loading them, having "heat table" and "equalization" as default.
• Image Zoom function has been enhanced to accept center and zooming in and out on a selected position.
• Spectrum, mark position and other graphical functions have been improved.
• Further minor fixes have been implemented.

The ISO Data Archive can be accessed at http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/iso/access-the-archive .

Christophe ARVISET, ISO Data Centre, 17 December 2002