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CfA NVO

International Virtual
Observatory Alliance

 http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/vo/arcdata?arcnum=number&name=name

Here are the meanings of the keywords in the data collection data file:

arcbib	Bibcode of major publication about this data collection (access through ADS)
arcdate1	Starting date of data collection in FITS ISO date format
arcdate2	Starting date of data collection in FITS ISO date format
arcdates	Status of data collection: Completed: No more data being taken; all data archived Incomplete: No more data being taken; data not all archived Open: Data still being taken and added to data collection
arcflux1	Minimum flux
arcflux2	Maximum flux
arcfluxu	Flux units
arcfreq1	Minimum frequency/wavelength (e.g., radio, 0 GHz)
arcfreq2	Maximum frequency/wavelength (e.g., radio, 100 GHz)
arcfrequ	Units of frequency/wavelength (e.g., radio, GHz)
arckey	Keywords used to query the data collection (e.g., source, coordinates)
arcpol	Polarization information in data collection: Yes, No, or Incomplete
arcpolt	Polarization type, if present: RCP: Right circular polarization LCP: Left circular polarization RCP & LCP: Right and left circular polarization Full polarization
arcpub	Title of major publication about this data collection
arcspat	Spatial coverage of data colleciton as a text string. Eventually this should be multiple choice, but we want to see how people describe their coverage.
arcurl	URL or means to access the data collection
arcvel1	Minimum velocity of data. This can be doppler-shifted from a center or the minimum redshift of cataloged objects.
arcvel2	Maximum velocity of data. This can be doppler-shifted from a center or the maximum redshift of cataloged objects.
arcvelu	Units for velocity, typically km/sec or z=v/c
ctrname	Name of the data center where this data collection is stored
ctrurl	URL for the data center where this data collection is stored
email	E-mail address of the person who submitted this data collection
insname	Instrument or catalog name
instype	One-line description of the instrument or catalog
insurl	URL pointer(s) for detailed information about the instrument or catalog
keyurl	URL of web page defining keywords used in this data collection
recdata	How and when does one receive the data? Immediately: as an http response Online but Delayed: as an http response, but it will take a while Offline FTP: user must log into an anonymous ftp server to get the data when it is ready Offline Email: the result will be emailed to the user Offline Other: as yet undefined
telname	Name of the telescope or satellite on which the instrument was used to create this data collection
telurl	URL for the telescope or satellite on which the instrument was used to create this data collection