The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) provides a comprehensive,
interlinked set of concepts relevant for astronomy and astrophysics using
SKOS. It is taken up in the Virtual Observatory at least for registry
subject keywords. For various reasons, it is desirable to have the UAT
available subject to the constraints laid down in the IVOA Vocabularies
in the VO 2 specification. This Note describes the rationale and the
details of the UAT adoption by the IVOA.
Astrophysics Data System: Authority Name Registration
Short Name:
ADS
Date:
16 Sep 2007 05:13:00
Publisher:
NASA Astrophysics Data System
Description:
This resource represents the Naming Authority for the Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The ADS provides access to the astronomical literature. It is funded by NASA and hosted at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Authority Name for National Space Science Data Center
Short Name:
NSSDC2
Date:
04 Apr 2008 17:51:11
Publisher:
National Space Science Data Center
Description:
This naming authority is for identifying resources from the National Space Science Data Center. Note that a second authority name, nasa.gsfc.nssdc, is also used for NSSDC resources.
Authority Name for National Space Science Data Center
Short Name:
NSSDC
Date:
04 Apr 2008 17:51:04
Publisher:
National Space Science Data Center
Description:
This naming authority is for identifying resources from the National Space Science Data Center. Note that a second authority name, gov.nasa.gsfc.nssdc, is also used for NSSDC resources.
Authority Name for the World Data Center for Astronomy
Short Name:
WDC-Astronomy
Date:
04 Apr 2008 16:54:59
Publisher:
The World Data Center for Astronomy
Description:
This authority name is for identifying resources from the World Data Center for Astronomy, hosted at National Astronomical Observatory of China, Beijing, China
Query service for observation metadata for all CADC archival data holdings. This service
provides Table Access Protocol (TAP) API access to observation metadata conforming to the
Common Archive Observation Model (CAOM) and the IVOA ObsCore data model.
The current dynamic collections (new data arriving) include: CFHT, CFHTMEGAPIPE, DAO, DRAO, GEMINI, HST,
JCMT, NEOSSAT, OMM, TESS, VLASS.
The current static collections include: APASS, BLAST, CFHTTERAPIX, CFHTWIRWOLF,
CGPS, DAOPLATES, FUSE, HSTHLA, IRIS, MACHO, MOST, NGVS, UKIRT, VGPS.
The curent external collections (metadata only, data served by original data centre) include:
CHANDRA, NOAO, SDSS, SUBARU, XMM.