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astro-ph.IM2016

IVOA Data Access Layer: Goals, Achievements and Current Trends

François Bonnarel, Patrick Dowler, Keith Noddle +1

The IVOA Data Access Layer (DAL) working group was created in 2002 to define protocols to homogenize data discovery, data description, data retrieval, and data access processes. We…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 1 cited

An Hierarchical Approach to Big Data

M. G. Allen, P. Fernique, T. Boch +7

The increasing volumes of astronomical data require practical methods for data exploration, access and visualisation. The Hierarchical Progressive Survey (HiPS) is a HEALPix based…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 74 cited

The Deep and Transient Universe in the SVOM Era: New Challenges and Opportunities - Scientific prospects of the SVOM mission

J. Wei, B. Cordier, S. Antier +77

To take advantage of the astrophysical potential of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), Chinese and French astrophysicists have engaged the SVOM mission (Space-based multi-band astronomical V…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 66 cited

Probabilistic multi-catalogue positional cross-match

F. -X. Pineau, S. Derriere, C. Motch +8

We lay the foundations of a statistical framework for multi-catalogue cross-correlation and cross-identification based on explicit simplified catalogue models. A proper identificat…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 2.1k cited

Gaia Data Release 1. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties

Gaia Collaboration, A. G. A. Brown, A. Vallenari +5

At about 1000 days after the launch of Gaia we present the first Gaia data release, Gaia DR1, consisting of astrometry and photometry for over 1 billion sources brighter than magni…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 7.1k cited

The Gaia mission

Gaia Collaboration

Gaia is a cornerstone mission in the science programme of the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft construction was approved in 2006, following a study in which the original…