Table information for 'ivoa.ObsCore'

General

Table Description: The IVOA-defined obscore table, containing generic metadata for datasets within this datacenter.

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description: Definition and support code for the ObsCore data model and table.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource '__system__/obscore'

Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:EVN_Obscore,
  year=2011,
  title={{EVN} Data Archive Obscore Table},
  author={Mark Kettenis},
  url={https://evn-vo.jive.eu/tableinfo/ivoa.ObsCore},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {EVN} Data Archive}
}

Columns

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NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
access_estsize Size Estimated size of data product kbyte phys.size;meta.file
access_format Media Type MIME type of the resource at access_url N/A meta.code.mime
access_url Access URL The URL at which to obtain the data set. N/A meta.ref.url
calib_level Calibration level Amount of data processing that has been applied to the data [Note calib] N/A meta.code;obs.calib
dataproduct_subtype Subtype Data product specific type N/A meta.code.class
dataproduct_type Product type High level scientific classification of the data product, taken from an enumeration N/A meta.code.class
em_max λ_max Maximal wavelength represented within the data set m em.wl;stat.max
em_min λ_min Minimal wavelength represented within the data set m em.wl;stat.min
em_res_power λ/Δλ Spectral resolving power lambda/delta lambda N/A spect.resolution
em_ucd Spect. UCD Nature of the product's spectral axis (typically, em.freq, em.wl, or em.energy) N/A meta.ucd
em_xel |λ| Number of elements (typically pixels) along the spectral axis. N/A meta.number
facility_name Facility Name of the facility at which data was taken N/A meta.id;instr.tel
instrument_name Instrument Name of the instrument that produced the data N/A meta.id;instr
o_ucd Obs. UCD UCD for the product's observable N/A meta.ucd
obs_collection Collection Name of a data collection (e.g., project name) this data belongs to N/A meta.id
obs_creator_did Creator DID Dataset identifier assigned by the creator. N/A meta.id
obs_id Obs. Id Unique identifier for an observation N/A meta.id
obs_publisher_did Pub. DID Dataset identifier assigned by the publisher. N/A meta.ref.ivoid
obs_title Title Free-from title of the data set N/A meta.title;obs
pol_states Pol. States List of polarization states in the data set N/A meta.code;phys.polarization
pol_xel |Pol| Number of elements (typically pixels) along the polarization axis. N/A meta.number
preview Preview URL of a preview (low-resolution, quick-to-retrieve representation) of the data. N/A meta.ref.url;meta.preview
s_dec Dec Dec of (center of) observation, ICRS deg pos.eq.dec
s_fov FoV Approximate spatial extent for the region covered by the observation deg phys.angSize;instr.fov
s_pixel_scale Pix. Scale Sampling period in world coordinate units along the spatial axis arcsec phys.angSize;instr.pixel
s_ra RA RA of (center of) observation, ICRS deg pos.eq.ra
s_region coverage Region covered by the observation, as a polygon N/A pos.outline;obs.field
s_resolution Space Res. Best spatial resolution within the data set arcsec pos.angResolution
s_xel1 |X| Number of elements (typically pixels) along the first spatial axis. N/A meta.number
s_xel2 |Y| Number of elements (typically pixels) along the second spatial axis. N/A meta.number
source_table Source Table Name of a TAP-queriable table this data originates from. This source table usually provides more information on the the data than what is given in obscore. See the TAP_SCHEMA of the originating TAP server for details. N/A meta.id;meta.table
t_exptime Exp. Time Total exposure time s time.duration;obs.exposure
t_max T_max Upper bound of times represented in the data set d time.end;obs.exposure
t_min Min. t Lower bound of times represented in the data set d time.start;obs.exposure
t_resolution Res. t Minimal significant time interval along the time axis s time.resolution
t_xel |t| Number of elements (typically pixels) along the time axis. N/A meta.number
target_class Target Class Class of the target object (star, QSO, ...) N/A src.class
target_name Target Name Object a targeted observation targeted N/A meta.id;src

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

Other

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VOResource

VO nerds may sometimes need VOResource XML for this table.

Notes

Note calib

The calib_level flag takes the following values:

0 Raw Instrumental data requiring instrument-specific tools
1 Instrumental data processable with standard tools
2 Calibrated, science-ready data without instrument signature
3 Enhanced data products (e.g., mosaics)