Using XML for Accessing Resources in Astronomy

F. Ochsenbein; M. Albrecht; A. Brighton; P. Fernique; D. Guillaume; R. J. Hanisch; E. Shaya; A. Wicenec

Using XML for Accessing Resources in Astronomy

F. Ochsenbein, M. Albrecht, A. Brighton, P. Fernique, D. Guillaume, R. J. Hanisch, E. Shaya, A. Wicenec

International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)

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Abstract

XML--the Extensible Markup Language--is a developing standard in which the description of the data (the metadata) is included with the actual data in a single electronic document. This presentation focuses on the use of XML for accessing and understanding tabular data, particularly for handling the responses from queries to on-line catalog services. If such responses are encoded in XML using agreed upon tags and attributes, it is possible to both display the data in clearly formatted tables and use the data in other applications (such as generating graphical overlays of object positions on survey images). XML-encoded tables can also provide the basis for the next generation of data discovery and integration tools (Astrobrowse, ISAIA). The detailed definitions of XML tags and attributes , including examples and a working DTD, are described at http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/doc/astrores.htx

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings
Publisher	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Pages	83
Volume	216
ISBN (Print)	1-58381-047-1
Publication status	Published - 2000

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Ochsenbein, F., Albrecht, M., Brighton, A., Fernique, P., Guillaume, D., Hanisch, R. J., Shaya, E., & Wicenec, A. (2000). Using XML for Accessing Resources in Astronomy. In Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 216, pp. 83). (Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings). Astronomical Society of the Pacific. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..216...83O

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Ochsenbein, F, Albrecht, M, Brighton, A, Fernique, P, Guillaume, D, Hanisch, RJ, Shaya, E & Wicenec, A 2000, Using XML for Accessing Resources in Astronomy. in Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings. vol. 216, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 83. <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..216...83O>

Using XML for Accessing Resources in Astronomy. / Ochsenbein, F.; Albrecht, M.; Brighton, A. et al.
Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 216 Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000. p. 83 (Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems IX, ASP Conference Proceedings).

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