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Www Access To Astronomical Archives And Databases

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  • FABIO PASIAN

    (Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy)

  • RICCARDO SMAREGLIA

    (Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste Via G.B. Tiepolo 11, I-34131 Trieste, Italy)

Abstract

In this document, an approach to the development of WWW-accessible astronomical archives and databases is described, which can easily be extended also to other disciplines. The architecture is based on a set of servers running at the archive site, each performing a specialized task: accessing an SQL-based DBMS, retrieving and downlinking 1-D or 2-D data (measurements), displaying quicklook data, or plotting the results of a query to the database. All of the information on the user interface is dynamically stored in the database, allowing the pages to be prepared on-the-fly; no additional software needs to be run on the user’s computer. A WWW-accessible test astronomical archive, containing both 2-D (images) and 1-D (spectra) data, and having NCSA/Mosaic as an interface is described as an example of successful application of the above concepts.

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  • Fabio Pasian & Riccardo Smareglia, 1994. "Www Access To Astronomical Archives And Databases," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(05), pages 817-830.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:05:y:1994:i:05:n:s0129183194000945
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183194000945
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