1. AstroCat – A Web-based interactive astronomical catalog Stefan Dreizler Institute for Astrophysics Georg-August-University, Göttingen & Ralf Stockmann Goettingen State and University Library Goettingen Digitization Centre (GDZ) CNI Spring 2006 Task Force Meeting Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

2. Outline Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Connecting scientists and libraries Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

3. Astronomical Catalogs - History First catalog by Hipparchos (180-125 b.Chr.) 1022 stars (position and brightness) Continued by Ptolomäus and numerous astronomers into modern times Argelander (1799-1875) all (northern) visible stars, a survey using a 10 cm telescope (22000 objects) variable stars Catalog by Messier (1730-1817) nebulous objects not to be confused with comets (107 objects) Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

4. Astronomical Catalogs - Present Today: 6453 catalogs listed e.g. @ Strasbourg Astronomical Data Center Bibliographic data base with 4.6 M entries @ Smithsonian/NASA Astronomical Data Center Preprint Server, e.g. astro-ph @ arXiv Several Virtual Telescope Projects, e.g. MAST (Multi Mission Archive at Space Telescope) Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

5. Motivation for interactive catalogs From data to paper Raw dataData Archive Reduced dataData Archive ? Derived quantities Publication Bibliographic Archive Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

6. TRIPP

7. Current and Future Challenges Dedicated survey telescopes Larger CCD cameras E.g. Pan-STARRS with few Tbytes/night Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

8. Motivation for interactive catalogs From paper to (meta-)data Statistical analysis of available data Planning of observations Data base query of derived quantities Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

9. Requirements Complete Error free Up to date citable Catalog from the community for the community  Web based  Interactive AstroCat provides a platform for the implementation of such catalogs Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

10. Technical details Linux PostgreSQL PHP5 XML (AstroCatML) Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

11. The Team Original Idea: Boris Gänsicke, Jens Kube (Institute for Astrophysics, Göttingen) Movement towards a more general project in library context: Klaus Beuermann (IAG), Elmar Mittler ( State and University Library Göttingen) Design and definition: Fabian Euchner, Alexander Pollmer Extended phase: Stefan Dreizler, Ralf Stockmann Implementation CVcat: Fabian Euchner, Alexander Pollmer, Boris Gänsicke (now: Univ. of Warwick) Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

12. CVcat – a catalog of cataclysmic variables P spin =833 sec

13. Input: What’s known Astronomical coordinates Object name(s) general astronomical Brightness Classification Stellar parameters CV special System parameters Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

14. Output: CVcat provides … Query by –Name –Coordinates –Classification –Object properties Returns –List of objects (in user definable formats) –Overview of properties for all objects Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

15. Community involvement in CVcat Unregistered user: everybody –Query the data base Registered user: about 200 –Add properties and new objects –Add comments Editors: a few –Guarantee correctness –Massive data input Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

16. Addresses AstroCat.org CVcat-demo CVcat.net info@astrocat.org Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

17. Query by object name

18. Result

21. Query by classification

22. Result

23. Query by properties

26. Result

27. Query by properties

28. Result

29. Output list

30. Add Object

31. Result

32. Add property

34. Result

36. Connecting scientists and libraries Interesting aspects for librarians: –Long-term citation of dynamic web-pages change history / logfile Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

37. Connecting scientists and libraries Interesting aspects for librarians: –Collaborative work spaces –Supporting infrastructure for knowledge management and sense-making Adopt tools for other astronomic objects –Provide a portal Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

38. EZOOLO – Early Zoological Literature Online Provide free access for all scientists to the old zoological literature Literature is digitized in image format by the SUB Göttingen (Göttinger Digitization Centre) Collaborators have the right to enter data directly into the database Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

39. RMC – Rise of Modern Constitutionalism Create a scholarly edition of all constitutions that were part of the rising tide of modern constitutionalism between 1776 and 1849 Offering both digitized images and fulltext Supported by more than 30 contributors responsible for the constitutional documents within their regional and topical area of specialization Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

40. RMC – workflow Minimal standard in text editing: Microsoft Word Fully automated workflow: –M$ Word macro (incl. “submit button”) –Upload to RMC-Server and conversion into Open Office XML –XSLT-script to transform the text into TEI (Text Encoding Initiative), well defined, well structured, well tagged (indices) –Upload to web server Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

41. RMC – workflow Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

42. RMC – workflow Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

43. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries Russian Digital Mathematical Library Access to the most important Russian language journals from 1866 to the present Collaborative metadata production Multilingual (Russian, English, German)

44. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries Russian Digital Mathematical Library Access to the most important Russian language journals from 1866 to the present Collaborative metadata production Multilingual (Russian, English, German)

45. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

46. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

47. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

48. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

49. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

50. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

51. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

52. RusDML - Collaborative metadata production Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries Web based Open source (Java) UTF-8 coding Enabling mass production of “high-value” metadata

53. Connecting scientists and libraries Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

54. Connecting scientists and libraries Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries

55. Connecting scientists and libraries Interactive Catalog Introduction Motivation AstroCat CVcat Demo Libraries Thank you

56. Addresses http://www.animalbase.de/ http://134.76.160.151/rmc http://tool.rusdml.de http://dms.rusdml.de/ http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/en/index.html stockmann@sub.uni-goettingen.de