Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of NewDataProviderQuestionaire

Timestamp:

07/05/05 13:28:52 (20 years ago)

Author:

joe

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NewDataProviderQuestionaire

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+'New Data Provider Questionaire'
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+Please see NewDataProvider for more information about becoming a VSO Data Provider, and what to do with this questionaire once you have filled it out, or for information about assistance in filling it out.
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+1. Under what name is your organization commonly refered to?
+
+2. Is there is a standard abbreviation or acronym for your organization?
+
+3. What data sets are you sharing?
+
+   Please describe each data set in terms of:
+
+   a. Instrument & Detector
+
+      i. Observatory Name
+
+      ii. Observatory Abbreviation
+
+      iii. Instrument Name
+
+      iv. Instrument Abbreviation
+
+      v. Detector or other Sub-instrument Name
+
+      vi. Detector Abbreviation
+
+   b. Physical Observable *
+   (see http://vso.stanford.edu/datamodel/v18.html#obsrvbl )
+
+   c. Time range
+
+      i. earliest record
+
+      ii. most recent record, if not actively adding info
+
+   d. Observed region
+   (full disk, solar limb, corona, etc.)
+
+   e. Spectral Range
+   (if applicable)
+
+4. How is the data being made available?
+
+   a. Request mechanism (direct URL, email, web-based form, etc)
+
+   b. Packaging (FITS, CDF, JPG)
+
+   c. Delivery Protocol (HTTP, FTP, etc.)
+
+5. If the data products aren't accessible directly, what is the standard turnaround between data request, and it becoming available?
+
+6. If you have a catalog of metadata:
+
+   a. Is it currently in a database? (if so, what vendor?)
+
+   b. What metadata is available in the database?
+
+7. If you don't have a catalog, please describe how the data is organized.
+
+8. Is there anything else about the data that might be important for people to do science with it?
+(calibration info, details about the file formatting, etc.)