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Access to Spectroscopic DataIn the VO
Doug Tody (NRAO/US-NVO)for the IVOA DAL working group
INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY ALLIANCE
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Introduction
• Goals– Brief review of overall VO data access concepts (for
newcomers)– Highlight current issues with spectra-related services– Identify issues for possible discussion at this workshop– Discuss SSAP implementations during meeting
• Agenda– VO data services– Data service functionality– Spectroscopic data services– 1-D spectra, SEDs, (TimeSeries), Data cubes
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VO Data Services
• Data Access in the VO– Its all about services ("middleware")– Client application - service/protocol - archival data– Necessary for large scale, multi-wavelength data analysis
• Access is organized by type of data– Generic dataset (what is common to all data)– Catalog, Image, Spectrum, SED, TimeSeries, Cube, etc.– Data mostly G&EG, but also solar, planetary, theory, etc.
• Service functionality– Data discovery– Dataset metadata access– Dataset data access
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Data Service Functionality
• Data discovery– The VO Registry is used to find data collections and services– A data service is used to find (discover) individual datasets
• Dataset metadata access– Dataset metadata may be retrieved without having to get the
data– Metadata is uniform, conforming to standard VO data models
• Dataset identification, curation, target, characterization, etc.– Uniform metadata is essential for automated data selection
• Dataset data access– Both "archival" and "virtual" (on-the-fly) data are supported
• Archival data is entire dataset; includes “native” project data– Distributed, multi-wavelength analysis requires virtual data
• Reduction in data volume: subsetting, filtering, projection• Mediation to a standard model - spectral data is heterogeneous• Same data can be viewed in different ways
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VO Services for Spectroscopic Data
• Simple Spectral Access (SSA)– "Simple" 1-dimensional spectra– Most survey data is probably of this form
• Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs)– SEDs are a vital tool for modern astronomical research
• Time Series Data– Not really spectral data; but it is not that simple
• Spectral/Time Data Cubes– A major data product in the future (and present)
• Spectral Line Lists (SLAP)– Access to observed and theoretical spectral line lists
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Simple Spectral Access (SSA)
• Summary– Basic concept is a "simple" 1-D spectrum
• spectral coordinate, flux, error, quality flag, etc.– Includes both a query interface and a spectrum data
model• mediation to a standard model for heterogenous spectra
– Virtual data generation• mediation, cutout, reprojection, dynamic extraction, etc.
– Data formats• VOTable, FITS binary table, CSV, native XML, HTML, etc.
• Issues– Completion of V1.0 (implementations, interface tweaks)– How to treat multi-segment spectra– Flux units, e.g., absolute flux vs photometric magnitude
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Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs)
• Summary– How to handle SEDs in the VO is still TBD
• This is a current hot topic; hope to resolve by May IVOA interop– What is a SED? - not as simple as it seems
• e.g., a (possibly multi-segment) spectrum is a degenerate case– SEDs can be complex
• Often generated by combining heterogeneous observations• Individual observations can be very large• SEDs can be dynamically generated
• A Possible Approach– A SED is a primary data object (like Image, Spectrum)– Generic dataset metadata describes entire SED object– A uniform view (table) is presented summarizing all segments– Pointers given to individual observations
• Other DAL interfaces used to access complex observations
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Time Series Data
• Summary– Spectrum and TimeSeries are closely related
• both are a series of photometric points• current Spectrum data model almost works for both
– Both can be multi-segment• time series often revisit the same object repeatedly
– Time series can be large, like a highres spectrum• "cutout" capability required, as for Spectrum
• A Possible Approach– TimeSeries is a primary data object (like Image, Spectrum)– Common spectrophotometric data model– Custom data access interface
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Spectral/Time Data Cubes
• Summary– Data cubes are increasingly common with modern instruments
• radio interferometers, O/IR IFU/MOS instruments– Time cubes (synoptic imagery) are also important
• similar to Spectrum/TimeSeries relationship– Cubes can be very large
• typically 102 MB today, 102 GB not far off– Access required is complex
• subcube, 2-D plane or projection, slice,spectral filter, spectral extraction, etc.
• Possible Approach– Current plan is to extend image interface (SIA) to N-D– Parallels approach of using FITS for radio data cubes– IFU/MOS data may require a different approach (e.g., Euro3D)
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DAL Scope: Types of data (Cambridge 2003)
Dataset
Time Series
Catalog Source Catalog
Event List
Visibility Data
Image NDImage
1D Spectrum
SED
Primary DAL ServicesData Discovery
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Dataset
(etc.)
Catalog
Image
Spectrum
TimeSeries
SED
LineList
Simulation
Sloan Spectrum Native data
STIS Spectrum Native data
(etc.)
XMM Spectrum Native data