Referencing Data Sets in Astronomical Literature
The Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council (ADEC)
has recommended a naming convention for referencing
datasets in astronomical literature. The convention is
basically to add a prefix to the current dataset names
producing a reference of the form:
ADS/facility#identifier
where
- "ADS" indicates that the ADS is
the "registering authority" for ADEC identifiers,
- "facility" is a name registered with the ADS in the form:
(but apparently not mandated?) "observatory.telescope". Space-based
observatories are designated as either "Sa" for satellites, and "Sh" for
shuttle experiments.
- "identifier" is the data set name as currently used (e.g., SWP16877).
The list of MAST-relevant facilities registered with the ADS are stored online in
an xml-format file at:
archive.stsci.edu/profile/mast_profile.xml
and include the following:
- NRAO.VLA National Radio Astronomy Observatory/VLA, Very Large Array
(because of FIRST data)
- PBO.HPOL Pine Bluff Observatory, Halfwave Spectropolarimeter
( for HPOL data)
- Sa.COPERNICUS Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3 satellite
- Sa.EUVE Extreme UltraViolet Explorer satellite
- Sa.FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer satellite
- Sa.GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite
- Sa.HST Hubble Space Telescope satellite
- Sa.IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer
- Sa.ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme
Ultraviolet Spectrometer satellite
- Sh.HUT Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
- Sh.UIT Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
- Sh.WUPPE Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimeter Experiment
Note that the ASTRO telescopes are considered Shuttle experiments
rather than satellites so they have the "Sh" rather than "Sa"
notation for the observatory, (which I guess is technically true,
they were never released from the shuttle.
Examples of valid names would be:
- ADS/Sa.IUE#swp16877
- ADS/Sh.UIT#FUV2323
- ADS/Sa.HST#U32L0104T (a WFPC2 image)
- ADS/Sa.FUSE#Z9104501007
- ADS/PBO.HPOL#kap-cas_19900925
To search for a given data set using the above naming conventions,
go to
http://vo.ads.harvard.edu/dv/DataVerifier.cgi.
This will search not only MAST, but all the NASA data centers.
More information on the ADS dataset verification service
can be found at
http://ads.harvard.edu/www/dv.
To verify the existence of particular MAST data sets using the standard naming conventions,
and display the recommended data set reference following the AAS guidelines,
go to
http://archive.stsci.edu/dataset_verifier.php".
The complete list of ADS registered facilities
is available at
http://ads.harvard.edu/www/dv/facilities.txt.
More information on the proposed dataset identifiers and
how to specify them in an AASTeX manuscript, can be
found at Chandra web site
at:
http://cxc.harvard.edu/cda/datasetid.html.