"Scan intent" selection is based on the entries in the "OBS_MODE" column of the "STATE" sub-table. The main table of a Measurement Set has the "STATE_ID" column containing the row number of the "STATE" sub-table appropriate for each row in the main table. The "OBS_MODE" column of the STATE sub-table contains strings describing the observational intent. These intents are referred to as "scan intents" and the scan-intent expressions in the MSSelection module can be used for data selection based on these intents.