displaylogosintheirresultlistingsandthatincreasesvisiblitydramaticallyAnentityprimarilyresponsibleformakingthecontentoftheresourceExamplesofaCreatorincludeapersonoranorganisationUsersoftheresou ID: 828483
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1 MetadataforpublicationinGAVO'sDataCenter
MetadataforpublicationinGAVO'sDataCenterAuthor:MarkusDemleitnerEmail:gavo@ari.uni-heidelberg.deTomakeyourdatavisibletootherastronomersandthegeneralpublic,theumbrellaorganizationoftheVO,theIVOA,runsaregistryofservices.Tofeeditmeaningfuldata,andalsotoenableusersofyourserviceto ndoutwhosedatatheyareusing,weaskyoutoprovidedataasspeci edbelow(and,ofcourse,asapplicable).Youaremostwelcometogetbacktousifyouhavequestions.Theitalicizedtextintheexplanationsistakenfrom[RMI].Title:Ashortphrase(preferablylessthan6words)givingpeopleanideawhattheserviceisabout.Thiswillbethetitleandtheheadlineonforms,etc.Titleshouldbeanunabbreviatedform(e.g.,HubbleSpaceTelescope)ratherthananacronymunlesstheacronymissowellknownastobepartofstandardusage.ShortName:Thisshouldbeanabbreviationoflessthan16char-acters.Ifyoucan'tthinkofanythingsensible,don'tworry,we'llmakeoneupforyou.TheShortNamewillbeusedwherebriefannotationsfortheresourcenamearedesired,suchasinGUIsthatmightrefertomanyresourcesinacompactdisplay.[...]ShortNamestringsarelimitedtoamaximumofsixteencharacters.Careshouldbetakentode neilluminatingShort-Namesindicatingeitherwheretheresourcecomesfromorwhatdatacollectionitprovides.ShortNamesarenotrequiredtobeunique.Indeed,aresourceprovidermayusethesameShortNameforseveralrelatedresourc
2 es(e.g.,dierentservicesthataccessth
es(e.g.,dierentservicesthataccessthesamecollection),orthesameShortNamemightbeusedbydierentprovidersforcommon/mirroredresources.CreatorName:Well,yournameandthenamesofyourcollabora-tors.Ifyouhavealogo,besuretopassittous.SomeGUIs1 displaylogosintheirresultlistings,andthatincreasesvisiblitydramatically...Anentityprimarilyresponsibleformakingthecontentoftheresource.ExamplesofaCreatorincludeaper-sonoranorganisation.UsersoftheresourceshouldincludeCreatorinsubsequentcreditsandacknowledgments.[..]Iftheresourceisadatacollectionorserviceaccessingacollection,thenCreator eldsshouldlistthescientistsresponsiblefortheoriginaldatacollection.Typically,thiswouldbelistofauthorsassociatedwiththede ningpublishedpaperforthecollection.[...]Fullnamesshouldbegiven,notjustsurnames.Version:Optional.Ifyouthinkyouwillmake"datareleases"andold"releases"mightberequiredtostickaround,givingaver-sionisagoodidea.Inthosecases,youshouldtalktous,sincewemightneedtoplanhowoldreleasesmightbekept.Formostcases,webelievethisversioningaddslargelyunnecessaryoverhead(untilaserviceisverysuccessfulandinsomewaychangesbehaviour,thatis).Subjects:Alistofthetopics,objecttypes,orotherdescriptivekeywordsabouttheresource.[...]Tosupportkeyword-basedsearchesofregistrycontents,theSubjectelementshouldbeass
3 peci caspossibleandincludeasmanyrele
peci caspossibleandincludeasmanyrelevanttermsaspossible.Ifatallpossible,thesubjectsshouldcomefromacontrolledvocabulary.Werecommendyou rstchecktheIVOAThesaurus(thedictionarymaybeuseful,ordownloadthetheturtleversionandusewhat'sunderskos:de nition),butbothAstronomyJournalKeywordsandVizierKeywordswilldo neifyoualreadyhavethose.IntheGAVODCthe rsttermisalwayscapitalized,successivewordsshouldbelowercaseifatallposssible.Description:Thoroughtextdescriptionsareparticularlyencour-agedinordertomaketext-basedsearchesagainsttheregistriesmaximallyuseful.Descriptionshouldemphasizewhatthere-sourceisabout,asothermatterssuchaswhocreatedit,whenitwascreated,andwhereitislocatedaredescribedelsewhereintheresourcemetadata.Thisshouldnotbeacompletearti-cle,butatmostsomethinglikeanabstract.Ingeneral,wefeelafewlineswouldbeoptimalhere.Foranythingmore,wecanincludea"longdocumentation"thatwillbeexposedintheser-viceinfo.Pleasewriteinthethirdperson(i.e.,"Fantasurveyis..."ratherthan"Wepresentthefantasurvey...")Source:Optional.Somepaperdescribingwhatyoudidtoarriveatyourdata,ifyoualreadyhavepublishedone.Preferably,we'dliketoseeabibcodehere.2 ReferenceURL:Thisisusuallygeneratedbyus;itisinformationontheserviceinahuman-readablefrom.Inspecialcases,youmaywanttooverridethat,butifyoupla
4 ntodothis(orarecuriouswhyyoumightwantto)
ntodothis(orarecuriouswhyyoumightwantto),talktous.Facility:Optional.Theobservatoryorfacilitywherethedatawasobtained.Someresourcesarelikelytoholddatafrommultipleobservatories.Ifjustafew,thiscouldbealist;ifverymany,justsay"many".Theoreticaldatawillnotoriginatewithanobservatory,butrathermightbecharacterizedbythecom-putationalfacilityusedtocreatethem(NCSA,SDSC,etc.).Facilityshouldbeusedonlytodescribeentitiesthatspecif-icallyproduceormanagedata.Observatorynamesarethemostcommonvalues.Actually,facilitiescanreceiveidenti ersthatinturnmakesmoreinformationaboutafacilityaccessiblewithintheVO.GAVOcangiveyousuchanidenti erifyouwant.Instrument:Optional.Canbeaspeci cinstrumentname(WideField/PlanetaryCamera2)orgenericinstrumenttype(CCDcamera).Theoreticaldataisproducedbyacomputercode,andthenameofthecodecouldbespeci ed.Coverage:Optional.Thisissupposedtore ectwhatpartofthesky,theelectromagneticspectrum,etc.,thedataistalkingabout.Ingeneral,itconsistsofa"waveband"(Optical,In-frared,etc)andofamoreprecisespeci cationofthespatio-temporalextentoftheobservations.Leavethetechnicalitiestousandjustsaysomethinglike"theobservationshavebeentakenbetween1980-01-04and2010-10-30andcoverpositionsbetween30,40,and60,120degreesICRS;weonlyhaveob-jectsofredshiftsbetween0.1and0.2"
5 .Copyrightinformation:Ifyouhaveanyspecia
.Copyrightinformation:Ifyouhaveanyspecialwishes("ifyouuse...,pleaseacknowledge..."),orifyouwanttorestrictwhatpeoplecandowithyourdata,thiswouldgohere.GAVOoers"embargoed"publicationwhere,foralimitedtime,onlypersonshavingapasswordcanaccessdata lesoraservice.Servicepro le:CertainVOprotocolshaveanotionof"verbosity",givingmoreorless eldsdependingonthequery.Fordatagivingenoughcolumns,itwouldbeniceifyougaveusyourassessmentofthe"importance"ofacolumn,goingfrom1(mostimportant,dataisworthlesswithoutthiscolumn)to30(onlyveryspeci candexoticapplicationswillneedthiscolumn).3 OtherissuesIfyouhavedata"withpositions"(i.e.,yourdatawillbepublishedusingtheSimpleConeSearch(SCS)protocol),auniqueidenti erforeachtablerowisrequired.Whilearowcounterwilldo ne,youwillprobablydoyourselfafavourifyoufollowtheIAUconventions([IAU]).Ifyouhaveanywishesconcerningtheappearanceofyourservice(ontheWeborwithintheVO),justletusknow.Wecandoalotofcustomizationandevenifwecan't,we'dstillliketoknowaboutthem.Bibliography[RMI]Hanisch,R.,etal,"ResourceMetadatafortheVirtualObservatory",http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/RM.html4 [IAU]IAUCommission5,"Speci cationsconcerningdesignationsforastronomi-calradiationsourcesoutsidethesolarsystem",http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Dic/iau-spec.htm