VOA Recommendation: An IVOA Standard for Unified Content Descriptors Version 1.1

Sebastian Derriere; Gray Norman; Robert Mann; A. Preite Martinez; McDowell Jonathan; McGlynn Thomas; Oschenbein Francois; P. Osuna; Guy Rixon; Williams Roy

VOA Recommendation: An IVOA Standard for Unified Content Descriptors Version 1.1

Sebastian Derriere, Gray Norman, Robert Mann, A. Preite Martinez, McDowell Jonathan, McGlynn Thomas, Oschenbein Francois, P. Osuna, Guy Rixon, Williams Roy

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This document describes the current understanding of the IVOA controlled vocabulary for describing astronomical data quantities, called Unified Content Descriptors (UCDs). The present document defines a new standard (named UCD1+) improving the first generation of UCDs (hereafter UCD1). The basic idea is to adopt a new syntax and vocabulary requiring little effort for people to adapt softwares already using UCD1. This document also addresses the questions of maintenance and evolution of the UCD1+. Examples of use cases within the VO, and tools for using UCD1+ are also described.

Original language	English
Number of pages	14
Publication status	Published - 2011

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