使用FITSManager增强个人天文数据管理
Enhanced Management of Personal Astronomical Data with FITSManager
摘要:
虽然数据中心和计算中心的作用越来越重要,在线研究正在成为天文学的主流,但基于本地托管数据的个人研究仍然非常普遍。随着个人存储容量的增加,很容易在天体物理学家的个人计算机中找到数百到数千个FITS文件。由于灵活图像传输系统(FITS)是由天文学家发起的专业数据格式,主要用于小型社区,因此FITS文件的数据管理工具包非常少。天文学家需要一个强大的工具来帮助他们管理本地天文数据。虚拟天文台是一个面向网络的天文研究环境,其应用和相关技术为提高天文数据的管理和利用提供了有效的解决方案。FITSManager就是这样一个工具,为天文学家提供了一个有效的管理和利用他们的本地数据,以无缝和透明的方式为天文学家带来了VO。FITSManager为FITS文件管理提供了丰富的功能,如缩略图、预览、类型相关图标、标题关键字索引和搜索、与其他工具和在线服务的协同工作等,填补了天文数据管理和分析之间的空白。
英文摘要:
Although the roles of data centers and computing centers are becoming more and more important, and on-line research is becoming the mainstream for astronomy, individual research based on locally hosted data is still very common. With the increase of personal storage capacity, it is easy to find hundreds to thousands of FITS files in the personal computer of an astrophysicist. Because Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) is a professional data format initiated by astronomers and used mainly in the small community, data management toolkits for FITS files are very few. Astronomers need a powerful tool to help them manage their local astronomical data. Although Virtual Observatory (VO) is a network oriented astronomical research environment, its applications and related technologies provide useful solutions to enhance the management and utilization of astronomical data hosted in an astronomer's personal computer. FITSManager is such a tool to provide astronomers an efficient management and utilization of their local data, bringing VO to astronomers in a seamless and transparent way. FITSManager provides fruitful functions for FITS file management, like thumbnail, preview, type dependent icons, header keyword indexing and search, collaborated working with other tools and online services, and so on. The development of the FITSManager is an effort to fill the gap between management and analysis of astronomical data.
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