[NeXus-definitions-tickets] [NeXusDefinitions] #152: NXguide and NXmirror are almost identical

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#152: NXguide and NXmirror are almost identical
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Reporter:  Pete Jemian  |       Owner:  Pete Jemian     
    Type:  task         |      Status:  assigned        
Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  release NXDL 1.0
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Comment(by Pete Jemian):

 {{{On 11/18/2010 10:10 AM, Mark Koennecke wrote:
 > I agree that NXguide is in bad shape. But basically a guide consists of
 > several mirrors building a shape through
 > which neutrons can be guided. The simplest such form is just box shaped.
 > But these days people are building
 > elliptical guides too. The individual parts of a guide usually have the
 > same characteristics but there are cases
 > where they are different. I now start wondering if we should make
 > NXguide a collection of NXmirrors each having
 > their own NXgeometries describing where they are. But I disagree that
 > guide are superfluous.
 }}}

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