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The UCD1+ controlled vocabulary
Version 0.2

IVOA Working Draft 2004-08-23

This version:
http://www.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/IvoaUCD/WD-UCDlist-20040823.html
Latest version:
http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/UCDlist.html
Previous version(s):
http://www.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/IvoaUCD/WD-UCDlist-20040520.html
Editor(s):
S. Derriere, A. Preite Martinez
Author(s):
Andrea Preite Martinez (andrea@rm.iasf.cnr.it)
Sébastien Derriere (derriere@astro.u-strasbg.fr)


Abstract

This document describes the list of controlled terms used to build the Unified Content Descriptors, Version 1+ (UCD1+).

The document describing the current proposal for a new set of UCD called UCD1+ can be found at the url: http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/PR/UCD/UCD-20040823.html. Here we briefly recall the structure of the proposed UCD1+ and the origin of the present lists.

Status of this document

This is an IVOA Working Draft for review by IVOA members and other interested parties. It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use IVOA Working Drafts as reference materials or to cite them as other than ``work in progress''. A list of current IVOA Recommendations and other technical documents can be found at http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/.

Acknowledgments

This document is based on the W3C documentation standards, but has been adapted for the IVOA.

1  Definition of atoms and words

A UCD is a string which contains textual tokens called ``words'', separated by semicolons(;). A word is composed of ``atoms'', separated by periods(.). So the hierarchy is the following:

atoms --> words --> composed words

UCD1+ are either single words, or composed words.

UCDs should be "controlled" (through a process that is also indicated in the PR referenced above). Control should be exercised at the level of words (ucd1+) but also at the level of the vocabulary (atoms) used to form words. A consistent list of atoms should be mantained, making sure that the same atom means always the same thing, even if used in combination with different other atoms.

1.1  Definition of atoms

Atoms were defined following these guidelines:

1. abbreviations are kept to a minimum, and only if the result is not ambiguous (ra, dec are OK, but t is ambiguous: we use time and temperature instead).

2. atoms are not hyphenated. The separation is marked by a capital letter to help readability (position angle = posAng) unless the composed word has a well known acronym (signal to noise ratio = snr) or short form (standard deviation = stdev)

1.2  Definition of words

The list of UCD1+ words presented in this document was generated applying the rules and recommendations of PR-UCD-20040823 to VizieR. The original motivation was to transform UCD1 into an improved version, trying to build a list of combinations of new words that could describe all the existing UCD1 terms.

The procedure that was used was the following:

If the consistency test at Steps 3 was positive, a new UCD1+ was defined, and assigned to all columns described by old UCD1. If detailed additional information was necessary (Step 4), new UCD1+ were assigned to each column and then the results were grouped into "n" new UCD1+s. Eventually, all the columns in VizieR had a new UCD1+ assigned to them. This is slightly different from saying: ``this column in this catalog is assigned this UCD1+'' because the result of a UCD1+ assignation procedure applied to all columns could lead in some cases to more precise UCD1+ or to new ones.

2  The structure of the UCD1+ tree

All existing UCD1+ words are grouped into 12 main categories. These categories are expressed by the first atom of the word, whose possible values are:

  1. arith (arithmetics)

    We include in this section concepts involving or indicating some mathematical operation performed on the primary ``concept'' or just the presence of an arithmetic factor or operator.

  2. em (electromagnetic spectrum)

    This section describes the electromagnetic spectrum, either in a monochromatic way or in predefined intervals. The complete list of proposed bands (in seven classical regions of the e.m. spectrum: radio, millimeter, infrared, optical, ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma-ray), can be found in the document Note-EMSpectrum-20040520

  3. instr (instrument)

    In this section we gather all the quantities related to astronomical instrumentation, e.g. detectors (plates, CCDs, etc.), spectrographs, telescopes (but also observatories or missions), etc.

  4. meta (metadata)

    This section includes all the information that is not coming directly from a measure, and info that could not be included in other sections.

  5. obs (observation)

    In principle under this section should go all words describing an observation (the name of the observer or PI, the observing conditions, the name of the field). In practice, the section is very ``thin'' and could be deleted, if the sparse content could be housed elsewere.

  6. phot (photometry)

    All the words describing photometric measures are included in this section. Basically we distinguish between a flux density (flux per unit frequency interval), a flux density integrated over a given e.m. interval (flux if expressed linearly, mag if expressed by a log), or a flux expressed in counts/s (if the setup of the detector is photon counting observing mode). We also include ``colors'', which are differences of magnitudes (i.e. ratios of fluxes) measured in different e.m. bands. In the present proposal we tried to simplify the PHOT section of old UCD1, keeping only the most important (used, diffuse) colors.

  7. phys (physics)

    Atomic and molecular data (mainly used for spectroscopy) and basic physical quantities (temperature, mass, gravity, luminosity, etc.)

  8. pos (positional data)

    All quantities related to the position of an object, in general on the sky. Angular quantities, with the exception of projections from spherical to rectangular systems. Also angular measurements in general (the angular size of an object is in this section, its linear size is in the phys section). The WCS FITS keywords are placed here for the moment.

  9. spect (spectral data)

    For historical reasons, photometric data taken in narrow spectral bands with instruments called spectrographs are classified as spectroscopic data. Don't miss up with ``em''. Bi-dimensionally speaking, em represents the x axis, phot and spect the y axis.

  10. src (source)

    This is a rather generic section, mainly devoted to source classifications. For no other than practical reasons, variability, orbital and velocity data are also included in this section.

  11. stat (statistics)

    Statistical information on measurements.

  12. time (time)

    Quantities related to time (age, date, period, etc.)

A  List of valid words

All words are preceded by a ``syntax'' code that can help in the process of building composed UCD1+. The code "P" means that the word can only be used as "primary" or first word, "S" stands for only secondary, code "Q" means that the word can be used indifferently as first or secondary word.

S arith					Arithmetic quantities							
S   arith.diff 				Difference between two quantities described by the same UCD		
P   arith.factor 			Numerical factor							
P   arith.grad 				Gradient								
P   arith.rate 				Rate (per time unit)							
S   arith.ratio 			Ratio between two quantities described by the same UCD			
S   arith.zp 				Zero point								

S em					Electromagnetic spectrum						
S   em.IR 				Infrared part of the spectrum						
S     em.IR.15-30um 			Infrared between 15 and 30 micron					
S     em.IR.3-4um 			Infrared between 3 and 4 micron						
S     em.IR.30-60um 			Infrared between 30 and 60 micron					
S     em.IR.4-8um 			Infrared between 4 and 8 micron						
S     em.IR.60-100um 			Infrared between 60 and 100 micron					
S     em.IR.8-15um 			Infrared between 8 and 15 micron					
S     em.IR.H 				Infrared H band								
S     em.IR.J 				Infrared J band								
S     em.IR.K 				Infrared K band								
S   em.UV 				Ultraviolet part of the spectrum					
S     em.UV.10-50nm 			Ultraviolet between 10 and 50 nm					
S     em.UV.100-200nm 			Ultraviolet between 100 and 200 nm					
S     em.UV.200-300nm 			Ultraviolet between 200 and 300 nm					
S     em.UV.50-100nm 			Ultraviolet between 50 and 100 nm					
S   em.X-ray 				X-ray part of the spectrum						
S     em.X-ray.hard 			Hard X-ray								
S     em.X-ray.medium 			Medium X-ray								
S     em.X-ray.soft 			Soft X-ray								
Q   em.energy 				Energy value in the em frame						
Q   em.freq 				Frequency value in the em frame						
S   em.gamma				Gamma rays part of the spectrum						
S     em.gamma.hard 			Hard gamma ray								
S     em.gamma.soft 			Soft gamma ray								
S   em.line				Designation of major atomic and molecular lines				
S     em.line.21cm			21cm hydrogen line							
S     em.line.Brgamma 			Bracket gamma line							
S     em.line.Halpha 			H-alpha line								
S     em.line.Hbeta 			H-beta line								
S     em.line.Hgamma 			H-gamma line								
S     em.line.OIII 			[OIII] line								
S   em.mm				Millimetric part of the spectrum					
S     em.mm.100-200GHz 			Millimetric between 100 and 200 GHz					
S     em.mm.1500-3000GHz 		Millimetric between 1500 and 3000 GHz					
S     em.mm.200-400GHz 			Millimetric between 200 and 400 GHz					
S     em.mm.30-50GHz 			Millimetric between 30 and 50 GHz					
S     em.mm.400-750GHz 			Millimetric between 400 and 750 GHz					
S     em.mm.50-100GHz 			Millimetric between 50 and 100 GHz					
S     em.mm.750-1500GHz 		Millimetric between 750 and 1500 GHz					
S   em.opt 				Optical part of the spectrum						
S     em.opt.B 				Optical B band between 400 and 500 nm					
S     em.opt.I 				Optical I band between 750 and 1000 nm					
S     em.opt.R 				Optical R band between 600 and 750 nm					
S     em.opt.U 				Optical U band between 300 and 400 nm					
S     em.opt.V 				Optical V band between 500 and 600 nm					
S   em.radio 				Radio part of the spectrum						
S     em.radio.100-200MHz 		Radio between 100 and 200 MHz						
S     em.radio.12-30GHz 		Radio between 12 and 30 GHz						
S     em.radio.1500-3000MHz 		Radio between 1500 and 3000 GHz						
S     em.radio.20-100MHz 		Radio between 20 and 100 MHz						
S     em.radio.200-400MHz 		Radio between 200 and 400 MHz						
S     em.radio.3-6GHz 			Radio between 3 and 6 GHz						
S     em.radio.400-750MHz 		Radio between 400 and 750 MHz						
S     em.radio.6-12GHz 			Radio between 6 and 12 GHz						
S     em.radio.750-1500MHz 		Radio between 750 and 1500 MHz						
Q   em.wavenumber               	Wavenumber value in the em frame					
Q   em.wl 				Wavelength value in the em frame					
Q     em.wl.central 			Central wavelength							
Q     em.wl.effective 			Effective wavelength							

S instr 				Instrument								
Q   instr.ang-res 			Angular resolution							
Q   instr.antenna-temp 			Antenna temperature							
Q   instr.area 				Collecting area of detector						
Q   instr.background 			Instrumental background 						
Q   instr.bandpass 			Bandpass of instrument							
Q   instr.bandwidth 			Bandwidth of the instrument						
Q   instr.baseline 			Baseline for interferometry						
Q   instr.beam-width 			Radio beam width 							
Q   instr.calib 			Calibration parameter							
S   instr.det 				Detector								
Q     instr.det.noise 			Instrument noise							
Q     instr.det.psf 			Point Spread Function							
Q     instr.det.qe 			Quantum efficiency							
S   instr.filter 			Filter									
Q     instr.filter.transm 		Filter transmission							
Q   instr.fov 				Field of view								
S   instr.obsty 			Observatory satellite mission						
Q     instr.obsty.site 			Observatory location 							
Q       instr.obsty.site.seeing		Seeing									
Q   instr.offset 			Offset angle respect to main direction of observation			
Q   instr.param 			Various instrumental parameters						
S   instr.pixel 			Pixel									
S   instr.plate 			Photographic plate							
Q     instr.plate.emulsion 		Plate emulsion								
Q   instr.precision 			Instrument precision 							
Q   instr.saturation 			Instrument saturation threshold						
Q   instr.scale 			Instrument scale (for CCD, plate, image)				
Q   instr.sensitivity 			Instrument sensitivity, detection threshold				
Q   instr.setup 			Instrument configuration or setup					
Q   instr.sky-level 			Sky level								
Q   instr.sky-temp 			Sky temperature								
S   instr.spect 			Spectrograph								
Q     instr.spect.dispersion 		Dispersion of spectrograph						
Q     instr.spect.order 		Spectral order								
Q     instr.spect.resolution 		Spectral resolution							
S   instr.tel 				Telescope								
Q     instr.tel.focus 			Telescope focus 							

S meta					Metadata								
P   meta.bib 				Bibliographic reference							
P     meta.bib.author 			Author name								
P     meta.bib.bibcode 			Bibcode									
P     meta.bib.fig 			Figure in a paper							
P     meta.bib.journal 			Journal name								
P     meta.bib.page 			Page number								
P     meta.bib.volume 			Volume number								
P   meta.code 				Code or flag								
P     meta.code.class 			Classification code							
P     meta.code.member 			Membership code								
P     meta.code.mime			MIME type								
P     meta.code.multip 			Multiplicity or binarity flag						
P     meta.code.qual 			Quality code								
P   meta.cryptic 			Unknown or impossible to understand quantity				
S   meta.dataset			Dataset									
Q   meta.file 				File									
S   meta.fits 				FITS standard								
Q     meta.fits.software 		Software used in generating FITS file					
P   meta.id 				Identifier, name or designation						
P     meta.id.assoc 			Identifier of associated counterpart					
P     meta.id.cross 			Cross identification							
P     meta.id.parent 			Identification of parent source						
S   meta.main 				Main value of something							
S   meta.modelled 			Quantity was produced by a model					
P   meta.note 				Note or remark (longer than a code or flag)				
P   meta.number 			Number (of things; e.g. nb of object in an image)			
P   meta.record 			Record number								
P   meta.ref 				Reference, or origin							
Q     meta.ref.url			URL, web address							
Q   meta.table 				Table or catalogue							
Q     meta.table.axis 			Table axis 								
P   meta.title				Title or explanation							
P   meta.ucd				UCD									
P   meta.unit 				Unit									

S obs 					Observation								
S   obs.air				Atmosphere								
Q     obs.air.extinction 		Atmospheric extinction							
Q     obs.air.mass 			Airmass 								
Q   obs.field 				Region covered by the observation					
Q   obs.image 				Image									
Q   obs.observer 			Observer, discoverer							
Q   obs.param 				Various observation or reduction parameter				

S phot 					Photometry								
Q   phot.calib 				Photometric calibration							
Q   phot.color 				Color index or magnitude difference					
Q     phot.color.Cous 			Color index in Cousins system						
Q     phot.color.Gen 			Color index in Geneva system						
Q     phot.color.Gunn 			Color index in Gunn system						
Q     phot.color.JHN 			Color index in Johnson 65+ system					
Q     phot.color.STR			Color index in Stroemgren system 					
Q       phot.color.STR.c1 		c1 Stroemgren color 							
Q       phot.color.STR.b-y 		b-y Stroemgren color 							
Q       phot.color.STR.m1 		m1 Stroemgren								
Q     phot.color.excess 		color excess								
Q     phot.color.reddFree 		Dereddened color							
Q   phot.count 				Flux expressed in counts(/s)						
Q   phot.fluence 			fluence									
Q   phot.flux 				Photon flux								
Q     phot.flux.bol 			Bolometric flux								
Q   phot.fluxDens 			Flux density (per wl/freq/energy interval)				
Q     phot.fluxDens.sb 			Flux density surface brightness						
Q   phot.limbDark 			Limb-darkening coefficients						
Q   phot.mag 				Photometric magnitude							
Q     phot.mag.bc 			Bolometric correction							
Q     phot.mag.bol 			Bolometric magnitude							
Q     phot.mag.distMod 			Distance modulus							
Q     phot.mag.reddFree 		Dereddened magnitude							
Q     phot.mag.sb 			Surface brightness magnitude						
Q   phot.sb 				Surface brightness							

S phys					Physical quantities							
Q   phys.SFR 				Star formation rate							
Q   phys.absorption 			Extinction or absorption						
Q     phys.absorption.coeff 		Absorption coefficient							
Q     phys.absorption.gal 		Galactic extinction							
Q     phys.absorption.gf 		Gaunt factors								
Q     phys.absorption.opticalDepth	Optical depth								
Q   phys.abund 				Abundance								
Q     phys.abund.Fe 			Fe/H abundance								
Q     phys.abund.X 			Hydrogen abundance							
Q     phys.abund.Y 			Helium abundance							
Q     phys.abund.Z 			Metallicity abundance							
Q   phys.acceleration 			Acceleration								
Q   phys.albedo 			Albedo or reflectance							
Q   phys.angMomentum 			Angular momentum							
S   phys.at 				Atomic physics								
Q     phys.at.branchingRatio		Branching ratio								
Q     phys.at.collStrength		Collisional strength							
Q     phys.at.crossSection		Atomic cross-section							
Q     phys.at.einstein			Einstein coefficient							
Q     phys.at.lande			Lande factor								
S     phys.at.level 			Atomic level								
Q     phys.at.lineBroad			Line broadening coefficient						
Q     phys.at.lineShift			Line shifting coefficient						
Q     phys.at.moment			Atomic momentum								
Q       phys.at.moment.electric 	Electric momentum							
Q       phys.at.moment.magnetic 	Magnetic momentum							
Q     phys.at.number 			Atomic number Z								
Q     phys.at.oscStrength		Oscillator strength							
Q     phys.at.qn			Atomic quantum number							
Q       phys.at.qn.I			Nuclear spin quantum number						
Q       phys.at.qn.S			Electronic spin quantum number						
Q       phys.at.qn.L			Electronic L quantum number						
Q       phys.at.qn.J			Coupling of S and L qn							
Q       phys.at.qn.F			Coupling of J and I qn							
Q       phys.at.term			Atomic term								
Q       phys.at.wOscStrength    	Weighted oscillator strength						
S   phys.atmol 				Atomic and molecular physics (shared properties)			
S     phys.atmol.coll			Related to collisions							
Q     phys.atmol.configuration  	Configuration								
S     phys.atmol.element        	Element									
S     phys.atmol.ion			Ion									
S     phys.atmol.ionization 		Related to ionization							
Q     phys.atmol.parity			Parity									
S       phys.atmol.state.final  	Quantity refers to final state						
S       phys.atmol.state.initial	Quantity refers to initial state					
Q     phys.atmol.sweight 		Statistical weight							
S     phys.atmol.trans          	Transition between states						
Q   phys.columnDensity 			Column density								
Q   phys.density 			Density (of mass, electron, energy...)					
Q   phys.dielectric 			Complex dielectric function						
Q   phys.dispMeas 			Dispersion measure							
Q   phys.distance 			Distance (not angular)							
Q     phys.distance.compon 		Component of distance vector						
Q     phys.distance.gc 			Galactocentric distance							
Q   phys.electField 			Electric field								
S   phys.electron			Electron								
Q     phys.electron.degen 		Electron degeneracy parameter						
Q     phys.electron.energy 		Electron energy								
Q   phys.emissMeasure 			Emission measure							
Q   phys.emissivity 			Emissivity								
Q   phys.energy 			Energy 									
Q   phys.eos 				Equation of state							
Q   phys.excitParam 			Excitation parameter U							
Q   phys.extension 			Angular extension, width, diameter					
Q   phys.gravity 			Surface gravity								
Q   phys.ionizParam			Ionization parameter							
Q     phys.ionizParam.coll 		Collisional ionization							
Q     phys.ionizParam.rad 		Radiative ionization							
Q   phys.luminosity 			Luminosity								
Q     phys.luminosity.fun 		Luminosity function							
Q   phys.magAbs 			Absolute magnitude							
Q     phys.magAbs.bol 			Bolometric absolute magnitude						
Q   phys.magField 			Magnetic field								
Q   phys.mass 				Mass									
Q     phys.mass.fraction 		Mass fraction								
Q     phys.mass.light 			Mass to light ratio							
Q     phys.mass.loss 			Mass loss								
Q   phys.massYield 			Mass yield								
Q   phys.mol 				Molecular data								
Q     phys.mol.dipole 			Molecular dipole							
Q       phys.mol.dipole.magnetic	Magnetic molecular dipole						
Q       phys.mol.dipole.electric	Electric molecular dipole						
Q     phys.mol.formationHeat    	Formation heat for molecules						
Q     phys.mol.qn			Molecular quantum numbers						
Q     phys.mol.quadrupole 		Molecular quadrupole							
Q       phys.mol.quadrupole.magnetic	Magnetic molecular quadrupole						
Q       phys.mol.quadrupole.electric	Electric molecular quadrupole						
S     phys.mol.rotation			Molecular rotation							
S     phys.mol.vibration		Molecular vibration							
Q   phys.polarization 			Polarization								
Q     phys.polarization.posAng 		Polarization angle							
Q     phys.polarization.rotMeas 	Rotation measure polarization						
Q     phys.polarization.stokes 		Stokes polarization							
Q   phys.pressure 			Pressure								
Q   phys.refraction 			Refraction								
Q   phys.size 				Size (not angular)							
Q     phys.size.area 			Area									
Q     phys.size.diameter 		Diameter								
Q     phys.size.radius 			Radius									
Q   phys.temperature 			Temperature								
Q     phys.temperature.effective	Effective temperature							
Q     phys.temperature.electron 	Electron temperature							

S pos 					Position and coordinates						
Q   pos.ang 				Angular distance							
Q     pos.ang.separation 		Angular separation							
Q   pos.az 				Position in alt-azimutal frame						
Q     pos.az.alt 			Alt-azimutal altitude							
Q     pos.az.ha 			Alt-azimutal hour-angle							
Q     pos.az.zd 			Alt-azimutal zenith distance						
S   pos.barycenter 			Barycenter								
Q   pos.det 				Position on instrument detector						
Q   pos.dirCos 				Direction cosine							
S   pos.earth				Coordinates related to Earth						
Q     pos.earth.lat 			Latitude on Earth 							
Q     pos.earth.lon 			Longitude on Earth 							
Q     pos.earth.nutation 		Earth nutation								
Q   pos.ec				Ecliptic coordinates							
Q     pos.ec.lat 			Ecliptic latitude							
Q     pos.ec.lon 			Ecliptic longitude							
Q   pos.ee 				Position ellipse error							
Q   pos.ephem 				Ephemeris								
Q   pos.eq 				Equatorial coordinates							
Q     pos.eq.dec 			Declination in equatorial coordinates					
Q       pos.eq.dec.arcsec 		Arcsec of declination							
Q     pos.eq.ra 			Right ascension in equatorial coordinates				
Q       pos.eq.ra.minutes 		Minutes of right ascension						
Q       pos.eq.ra.seconds 		Seconds of right ascension						
Q   pos.frame				Reference frame used for positions					
Q   pos.gal 				Galactic coordinates							
Q     pos.gal.compon 			Cartesian component of galactic coordinates 				
Q     pos.gal.lat 			Latitude in galactic coordinates					
Q     pos.gal.lon 			Longitude in galactic coordinates					
Q   pos.lunar				Lunar coordinates							
Q     pos.lunar.occult 			Occultation by lunar limb						
Q   pos.parallax 			Parallax								
Q     pos.parallax.dyn 			Dynamical parallax							
Q     pos.parallax.phot 		Photometric parallaxes							
Q     pos.parallax.spect 		Spectroscopic parallax							
Q     pos.parallax.trig 		Trigonometric parallax							
Q   pos.pm 				Proper motion								
Q     pos.pm.dec 			Proper motion in declination 						
Q     pos.pm.ra 			Proper motion in right ascension 					
Q   pos.posAng 				Position angle 								
Q   pos.precess 			Precession								
Q     pos.precess.dec 			Precession in declination						
Q     pos.precess.ra 			Precession in right ascension						
Q   pos.proj 				Projected coordinates 							
Q   pos.sg				Supergalactic coordinates						
Q     pos.sg.compon 			Cartesian component of supergalactic coordinates			
Q     pos.sg.lat 			Latitude in supergalactic coordinates					
Q     pos.sg.lon 			Longitude in supergalactic coordinates					
S   pos.wcs				WCS keywords								
P     pos.wcs.cdmatrix			WCS CDMATRIX								
P     pos.wcs.crpix			WCS CRPIX								
P     pos.wcs.crval			WCS CRVAL								
P     pos.wcs.ctype			WCS CTYPE								
P     pos.wcs.naxes			WCS NAXES								
P     pos.wcs.naxis			WCS NAXIS								
P     pos.wcs.scale			WCS scale or scale of an image						

S spect					Spectroscopy								
Q   spect.doppler 			Doppler parameter b							
Q   spect.index 			Spectral index								
S   spect.line 				Spectral line								
Q     spect.line.asymmetry 		Line asymmetry								
Q     spect.line.broad 			Spectral line broadening						
Q       spect.line.broad.Zeeman 	Zeeman broadening							
Q     spect.line.eqwidth 		Line equivalent width							
Q     spect.line.intensity 		Line intensity								
Q     spect.line.profile 		Line profile  								
Q     spect.line.veloc 			Spectral line radial velocity						
Q     spect.line.width 			Spectral line fwhm 	 						

S src 					Source									
Q   src.class 				Source classification (star, galaxy, cluster...)			
Q     src.class.color 			Color classification							
Q     src.class.distance 		Abell distance class							
Q     src.class.luminosity 		Luminosity class							
Q     src.class.richness 		Richness Abell class							
Q     src.class.star-galaxy 		Star/galaxy discriminator						
Q     src.class.struct 			Bautz-Morgan structure classification					
Q   src.density 			Density of sources							
Q   src.ellipticity 			Source ellipticity							
Q   src.fwhm 				Source FWHM angular size						
Q   src.impactParam 			Impact parameter							
Q   src.morph 				Morphology structure							
Q     src.morph.param 			Morphological parameter				 			
Q     src.morph.scLength 		Scale length for a galactic component (disc or bulge)			
Q     src.morph.type 			Hubble morphological type (galaxies)					
Q   src.orbital 			Orbital parameters							
Q     src.orbital.eccentricity 		Orbit eccentricity 							
Q     src.orbital.energy 		Orbital energy 								
Q     src.orbital.inclination 		Orbit inclination							
Q     src.orbital.meanAnomaly 		Orbit mean anomaly 							
Q     src.orbital.node 			Ascending node								
Q     src.orbital.periastron 		Periastron								
Q     src.orbital.separation 		Separation between orbital components					
Q     src.orbital.size 			Size of orbit major axis						
Q     src.orbital.veloc 		Orbital velocity							
Q   src.redshift 			Redshift								
Q   src.sample 				Sample									
Q   src.separation 			Separation between sources 						
Q   src.spType 				Spectral type MK							
Q   src.var 				Variability of source							
Q     src.var.amplitude 		Amplitude of variation							
Q     src.var.index 			Variability index 							
Q     src.var.pulse 			Pulse									
Q   src.veloc 				Radial velocity 							
Q     src.veloc.ang 			Angular velocity							
Q     src.veloc.cmb 			CMB velocity								
Q     src.veloc.compon 			Component velocity							
Q     src.veloc.dispersion 		Velocity dispersion  							
Q     src.veloc.escape	 		Escape velocity								
Q     src.veloc.expansion 		Expansion velocity							
Q     src.veloc.gc 			Galactocentric radial velocity						
Q     src.veloc.geoc 			Geocentric radial velocity						
Q     src.veloc.hc 			Heliocentric radial velocity						
Q     src.veloc.lg 			Local Group radial velocity						
Q     src.veloc.lsr 			Local Standard of Rest radial velocity					
Q     src.veloc.microTurb 		Microturbulence velocity						
Q     src.veloc.pulsat 			Pulsational velocity							
Q     src.veloc.rotat 			Rotational velocity							

S stat					Statistical parameters							
Q   stat.Fourier 			Fourier coefficient							
Q     stat.Fourier.amplitude 		Amplitude Fourier coefficient						
P   stat.covariance			Covariance between two parameters					
P   stat.error 				Statistical error							
P     stat.error.sys			Systematic error							
Q   stat.fit 				Fit									
Q     stat.fit.chi2 			Chi2									
Q     stat.fit.dof 			Degrees of freedom							
Q     stat.fit.goodness 		Goodness or significance of fit						
Q     stat.fit.omc 			Observed minus computed							
Q     stat.fit.param 			Parameter of fit							
Q     stat.fit.residual 		Residual fit								
Q   stat.likelihood 			Likelihood								
S   stat.max 				Maximum or upper limit							
S   stat.mean 				Mean, average value							
S   stat.median 			Median value								
S   stat.min 				Minimum or lowest limit							
Q   stat.param 				Parameter								
P   stat.snr 				Signal to noise ratio							
P   stat.stdev 				Standard deviation							
Q   stat.value 				Miscellaneous value							
P   stat.variance 			Variance								
P   stat.weight 			Statistical weight 							

Q time 					Time									
Q   time.age 				Age									
Q   time.crossing 			Crossing time								
Q   time.epoch 				Epoch, julian date							
Q   time.equinox 			Equinox									
Q   time.expo 				Exposure time								
Q     time.expo.end 			end exposure								
Q     time.expo.start 			start exposure 								
Q   time.interval 			Interval 								
Q   time.period 			Period									
Q   time.phase 				Phase									
Q   time.relax 				Relaxation time								
Q   time.resolution 			Time resolution 							
Q   time.scale 				Timescale								

B  Changes from previous versions

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