A Virtual Astrophysics Library in the Virtual Observatory

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Dec 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002aas...20115001m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 201, #150.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 35, p.575

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The integration of large theoretical simulation archives with the VO has been widely discussed. I suggest it is also important to include smaller theoretical datasets and functional relationships in a structured way, and outline some possible standards.
First, I discuss metadata for simulations by drawing an analogy with X-ray spectral analysis, a domain in which complex new theoretical models have been rapidly integrated with the standard data analysis tools via a simple parameterized-function description. This paradigm can easily be extended to image simulations.
Secondly, I address the issue of resource discovery for tabular and functional theoretical and phenomenological results such as extinction laws, luminosity functions, isochrones, and distance indicators. A structured extension of the CDS concept of UCDs could make tabular data of this kind easily available not only to astronomers but also to interoperable software.

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