Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009aas...21361301h&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #613.01
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Astronomy Visualization Metadata (AVM) standard offers a flexible way of embedding extensive information about an astronomical image, illustration, or photograph within the image file itself. Such information includes a spread of basic info including title, caption, credit, and subject (based on a taxonomy optimized for outreach needs). Astronomical images may also be fully tagged with color assignments (associating wavelengths/observatories to colors in the image) and coordinate projection information. Here we present a status update on current ongoing projects utilizing AVM. Ongoing tagging efforts include a variety of missions and observers (including Spitzer, Chandra, Hubble, and amateurs), and the metadata is serving as a database schema for content-managed website development (Spitzer). Software packages are utilizing AVM coordinate headers to allow images to be tagged (FITS Liberator) and correctly registered against the sky backdrop on import (e.g. WorldWide Telescope, Google Sky). Museums and planetariums are exploring the use of AVM contextual information to enrich the presentation of images (partners include the American Museum of Natural History and the California Academy of Sciences). Astronomical institutions are adopting the AVM standard (e.g. IVOA) and planning services to embed and catalog AVM-tagged images (IRSA/VAMP, Aladin). More information is available at www.virtualastronomy.org
Christensen Lars Lindberg
Gauthier A.
Hurt Robert L.
Wyatt Ryan
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