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Astronomical Outreach Imagery Metadata Tags for the Virtual Observatory
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IVOA Note 19 September 2006

Interest/Working Group:
not applicable
Author(s):
Robert Hurt, Lars Lindberg Christensen, Adrienne Gauthier with input from the IAU Virtual Repository Working Group under IAU Commission 55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public
Editor(s):
Lars Lindberg Christensen, Robert Hurt

Abstract

This document describes a standard for Astronomical Outreach Imagery (AOI) metadata that can span both “photographic” images produced from science data and “artwork” illustrations. This standard will allow individual image files to be catalogued and offered through searchable databases like the Virtual Observatory (VO).

Status of this document

This is an IVOA Note expressing suggestions from and opinions of the authors.
It is intended to share best practices, possible approaches, or other perspectives on interoperability with the Virtual Observatory. It should not be referenced or otherwise interpreted as a standard specification.



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