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RFM (Request for modification) of the List of UCD-words

AndreaPreiteMartinez IVOA – Semantics WG

TN - 20060713

Answers inserted 06 Sep 2006

What follows is a list of proposed requests (RFM) to modify/add the present standard list of ucd-words: The UCD1+ controlled vocabulary, Vers. 1.11 - IVOA Recommendation 31 December 2005 (http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/UCDlist.html ).

The RFMs were collected over the past few month, from suggestions coming from various members of the IVOA community. The list has been presented at the UCD-session in Victoria, and corrected taking into account the discussions during the meeting within the WG and with the Theory IG. Other suggestions have been added to describe attributes used by some Data Models.

The list is open for discussion in accordance with the approved standard procedure: Maintenance of the list of UCD words, Version 1.20 - IVOA Recommendation 28 May 2006 (http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/UCDlistMaintenance.html ).

Due to web security problems, for the moment we discourage the usage of the web-based form for submitting RFMs. On the other hand we can consider the present list of RFMs as a collective effort of the community, not requiring a private personal answer (see par. 2.2 and 2.3 of the maintenance document). For the time being, all the RFMs and all the corresponding answers will be grouped together in the present public document. Other RFMs could be proposed during the discussion phase, so that we can consider this document as a temporary repository of all proposed RFMs.

1. RFM (amendments/clarifications):

A generic request was presented for a richer semantic definition of ucd-words as part of the document itself or, alternatively, to include an explicit, and obvious, reference to a separate "usage" document with examples.
Answer: The original request concerned the description of the ucd-words in the time branch. A complete proposed revision of the time branch can be found in a TN at the end of this document.

2. RFM (deletions/replacements):

Q | phys.atmol | suppress without replacing
A: there is not such a quantity as “phys.atmol”, but the word could be used as a qualifier. The proposal is to replace it with: S | phys.atmol


Q | phys.at.qn.I | suppress, replacing with old Q | phys.at.qn
A: ok
Q | phys.at.damping | suppress, replacing with new:
Q | phys.damping |Generic damping
A: ok

3. RFM (additions):

S | phys.cosmology | Related to cosmology
A: ok


S | phys.virial | Related to virial quantities (mass, radius, ..)
A: ok
Note:
Other “computational” and “cosmological” words were discussed in Victoria, also with the Theory IG. We need an input from them in order to revise/complete the list below.
In particular, one should make a difference between ucd-words (mainly quantities) and Standard Vocabulary words (concepts, objects, processes, labels, anything).
S | comp | Related to computational techniques, methods, etc.
S | comp.resource | Computational resources used in simulation/data processing
S | comp.smooth | Related to smoothing of images or particle densities
S | comp.simulation | Related to computational simulation
S | comp.simulation.nbody | Nbody simulation
S | comp.simulation.sph | Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulation
S | comp.simulation.boxside | Simulation box
S | comp.simulation.gravsoft | gravitational softening
S | comp.simulation.particles | simulation particles - for Nbody and SPH simulations
S | comp.simulation.snapshot | output of a simulation box at a particular instant
S | comp.simulation.grid | simulation grid - for hydro simulations
Q | comp.resource.processors | processors used
Q | comp.resource.memory | total size of a data file
Q | phys.cosmology.omega | matter/energy density of universe
Q | phys.cosmology.Hubble | hubble constant
Q | phys.cosmology.sigma8 | Normalisation of matter power-spectrum
S | phys.matter.dark | dark matter tag
S | phys.matter.baryon | baryonic matter tag
S | phys.darkEnergy | dark energy tag


S | obs.proposal | Observation proposal
A: ok
Q | obs.proposal.cycle | Proposal cycle
A: ok
P | meta.abstract | Abstract (of paper, proposal, etc.)
A: ok
P | meta.code.status | Status code
A: ok
P | meta.id.PI | Name of Principal Investigator
A: ok
P | meta.id.CoI | Name of Co-Investigator
A: ok

Examples:
meta.id;obs.proposal | name of the proposal
meta.code;obs.proposal | proposal code
meta.code.status;obs | status of an observation
meta.id.PI;obs | PI of the observation
meta.id.CoI;obs.proposal | Co-Investigator of the proposal


Q | meta.ref.uri | URI, universal resource identifier
A: ok
Q | meta.ref.ivorn | IVORN, Int. VO Resource Name (ivo://)
A: ok
Q | meta.email | Curation/contact e-mail
A: ok
S | em.IR.FIR | Far-Infrared
A: ok
S | em.IR.MIR | Medium-Infrared
A: ok
S | em.IR.NIR | Near-Infrared
A: ok
S | em.UV.FUV | Far-UV
A: ok
S | src.net | indicating that a quantity (e.g. flux) is background subtracted rather than total
A: ok
S | phot.uncalib | photometric uncalibrated measurement
*A:*I suggest S | stat.uncalib | Qualifier of a generic incalibrated quantity
S | obs.calib.flat | sky/dome flat observations
A: ok
S | src.calib | Calibration source
A: ok
S | src.calib.guideStar | Guide star
A: ok

Examples:
meta.id;src.calib;phot | source used for photometric calibration
meta.id;src.calib;spectr | source used for spectroscopic calibration
meta.id;src.calib;pos | source used for positional/astrometric calibration


Q | phys.damping |Generic damping
A: see above par. 2. RFM
S | phys.particle.* | Elementary particles (electron, proton, neutrino, etc.)
A: for the moment we only need the electron and neutrino, so:
S | phys.particle.neutrino | Neutrino
To indicate the quantity flux density or flux per unit wl/fr/en/wn... there are three proposals:

(a) use always phot.flux.density; UCDs don’t care about units;

(b) add the new words:
phot.flux.perFreq | Flux density (per unit frequency)
phot.flux.perWave | Flux density (per unit wl)
phot.flux.perEnergy | Flux density (per unit energy)
phot.flux.perWavenumber | Flux density (per unit wn)
phot.flux.perDecade ( nu*F_nu, lambda*F_lambda)

(c) use a composite UCD without need for new words:
phot.flux;em.freq
A: one vote against (c), I prefer (a)


weather | new branch to address weather phenomena (at obs. sites)
A: there is already the word: obs.atmos to indicate atmospheric phenomena
Q | spect.line.strength | Spectral line strength S
A: ok
Q | phys.atmol.sWeight.nuclear | Statistical weight for nuclear spin states
A: ok
Q | phys.atmol.symmetry | Type of nuclear spin symmetry
A: ok
Q | stat.probability | Probability
A: ok
Q | phys.entropy | Entropy
A: ok
Q | em.bin | Channel / instrumental spectral bin coordinate (wl, freq, energy)
A: ok
Q | em.binSize | Spectral bin size
A: ok
S | stat.filling | Filling factor (volume, time,..)
A: ok


A proposed new UCD1+ time-branch

A more consistent approach to the description of time-related quantities with UCDs.

AndreaPreiteMartinez, IVOA – Semantics WG

TN - 20060701

A: ok

The time branch in the IVOA Rec v1.11 is the following:

SF word description
Q time Time
Q time.age Age
Q time.crossing Crossing time
Q time.epoch Epoch, julian date
Q time.equinox Equinox
Q time.event Duration of an event or phenomenon
Q time.event.end End time of event or phenomenon
Q time.event.start Start time of event or phenomenon
Q time.expo Exposure on-time, duration
Q time.expo.end End time of exposure
Q time.expo.start Start time of exposure
Q time.interval Interval of time
Q time.lifetime Lifetime
Q time.obs Observation on-time, duration
Q time.obs.end End time of observation
Q time.obs.start Start time of observation
Q time.period Period
Q time.phase Phase
Q time.relax Relaxation time
Q time.resolution Time resolution
Q time.scale Timescale

The request is to introduce a clearer separation between instant of time and duration in time.

The situation now is:

The words referring to instants of time are:
time.epoch
time.event.end
time.event.start
time.expo.end
time.expo.start
time.obs.end
time.obs.start

The words referring to a duration or an interval of time are:
time.event
time.expo
time.obs
time.interval
(but in this last case we mean a time-bin, or the time elapsed between two events, not the duration of an event. We need to make the description clearer)

In addition we have some other rather specific time-words that we leave untouched.

Proposal:

we keep the atoms indicating instants:
epoch,
start,
end
(although a strict hierarchization should give: epoch, epoch.start, epoch.end !!)

and we introduce a new atom duration to indicates duration, interval of time during which a generic event/observation/phenomenon is taking place.

We keep the atoms indicating what instants and duration we are referring to:
obs (observation)
expo (exposure)
event (generic event, pleonastic!)
and introduce a new atom sequence (to indicate a correlated sequence of observations)

One possible combination of atoms is:

time, at level 1
instants/duration at level 2
type of event described at level 3

Examples:

Description v1.11 new version
time/date of observation time.epoch time.epoch.obs
or: time.epoch;obs time.epoch;obs
observing time time.obs time.duration.obs
or: time;obs time.duration;obs
exposure time time.expo time.duration.expo
start time of a sequence time.obs.start time.start.sequence

In addition, we propose three more atoms to describe creation, publication/release and processing times for data, files, catalogues, etc.

The new proposed time branch is illustrated in the following Table. New ucd-words and new descriptions are in italic. Old (v1.11) ucd-words that are not repeated in column new version are suppressed.

Table 1. The proposed new **time* branch in UCD1+.

SF word in v1.11 new version description
Q time time Generic quantity in units of time or date
Q time.age time.age Age
Q time.creation Creation time/date (of dataset, file, catalogue,...)
Q time.crossing time.crossing Crossing time
Q time.duration Interval of time describing the duration of a generic event or phenomenon
Q time.duration.event Interval of time describing the duration of an event (pleonastic, see above)
Q time.duration.expo Interval of time describing the duration of an exposure, on-time
Q time.duration.sequence Interval of time describing the duration of a correlated sequence of observations/events
Q time.duration.obs Interval of time describing the duration of an observation
time.duration;obs (Alternative form)
Q time.end End time/date of generic event
Q time.end.event End time/date of event (pleonastic, see above)
Q time.end.expo End time/date of exposure
Q time.end.sequence End time/date of a correlated sequence of observations/events
Q time.end.obs End time of observation
time.end;obs (Alternative form)
Q time.epoch time.epoch Instant of time related to a generic event (epoch, date, Julian date, time stamp/tag,...)
Q time.epoch.event Instant of time/date related to an event (pleonastic, see above)
Q time.epoch.expo Instant of time/date related to an exposure
Q time.epoch.sequence Instant of time/date related to a sequence of observations/events
Q time.epoch.obs Instant of time/date related to an observation
time.epoch;obs (Alternative form)
Q time.equinox time.equinox Equinox
Q time.event Duration of an event or phenomenon
Q time.event.end End time of event or phenomenon
Q time.event.start Start time of event or phenomenon
Q time.expo Exposure on-time, duration
Q time.expo.end End time of exposure
Q time.expo.start Start time of exposure
Q time.interval time.interval Time-bin, or the time elapsed between two events, not the duration of an event
Q time.lifetime time.lifetime Lifetime
Q time.obs Observation on-time, duration
Q time.obs.end End time of observation
Q time.obs.start Start time of observation
Q time.period time.period Period, interval of time between the recurrence of phases in a periodic phenomenon
Q time.phase time.phase Phase, position within a period
Q time.processing A time/date associated with the processing of data
Q time.relax time.relax Relaxation time
Q time.release The time/date data is available to the public
Q time.resolution time.resolution Time resolution
Q time.scale time.scale Timescale
Q time.start Start time/date of generic event
Q time.start.event Start time/date of event (pleonastic, see above)
Q time.start.expo Start time/date of exposure
Q time.start.sequence Start time/date of a correlated sequence of observations/events
Q time.start.obs Start time of observation
time.start;obs (Alternative form)

In Table 2 we list the suppressed ucd-words, and the new words replacing them.

Table 2. Proposed suppressions / replacements

SF suppressed replacement description
Q time.event time.duration[.event] Duration of an event or phenomenon
Q time.event.end time.end[.event] End time of event or phenomenon
Q time.event.start time.start[.event] Start time of event or phenomenon
Q time.expo time.duration.expo Exposure on-time, duration
Q time.expo.end time.end.expo End time of exposure
Q time.expo.start time.start.expo Start time of exposure
Q time.obs time.duration.obs Observation on-time, duration
Q time.obs.end time.end.obs End time of observation
Q time.obs.start time.start.obs Start time of observation


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