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Virtual Observatories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Françoise Genova
Françoise Genova*
Affiliation:
Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, Observatoire Astronomique, UMR 7550 (CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur), 11 rue de l'Université, 67000 Strasbourg, France email: genova@astro.u-strasbg.fr
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Abstract

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Astronomy has been at the forefront among scientific disciplines for the sharing of data, and the advent of the World Wide Web has produced a revolution in the way astronomers do science. The recent development of the concept of Virtual Observatory builds on these foundations. This is one of the truly global endeavours of astronomy, aiming at providing astronomers with seamless access to data and tools, including theoretical data. Astronomy on-line resources provide a rare example of a world-wide, discipline-wide knowledge infrastructure, based on internationally agreed interoperability standards.

Keywords

Astronomical dataData centresVirtual observatoryKnowledge infrastructure
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , pp. 603 - 606
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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