虚拟天文台注册表的客户端接口
Client Interfaces to the Virtual Observatory Registry
摘要：
虚拟天文台登记处是一个与天文学有关的信息系统和其他资源的分布式目录。为了使其有用，必须向人类和机器提供查询该目录的设施。本文回顾了这些设施的发展和现状，同时考虑到从注册表接口的十年经验中吸取的教训。在简要概述了标准开发的历史之后，它描述了在一些流行的客户端中使用注册表接口以及用于询问注册表的专用UI。它继续深入讨论了两个最新的注册表接口标准的设计，一方面是RegTAP，另一方面是基于全文的接口。文章最后列出了在登记处记录提供者与登记处用户之间的互动中出现的一些不太明显的惯例，以及仍然存在的挑战和当前的发展情况。
英文摘要：
The Virtual Observatory Registry is a distributed directory of information systems and other resources relevant to astronomy. To make it useful, facilities to query that directory must be provided to humans and machines alike. This article reviews the development and status of such facilities, also considering the lessons learnt from about a decade of experience with Registry interfaces. After a brief outline of the history of the standards development, it describes the use of Registry interfaces in some popular clients as well as dedicated UIs for interrogating the Registry. It continues with a thorough discussion of the design of the two most recent Registry interface standards, RegTAP on the one hand and a full-text-based interface on the other hand. The article finally lays out some of the less obvious conventions that emerged in the interaction between providers of registry records and Registry users as well as remaining challenges and current developments.
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