CVcat: an interactive database on cataclysmic variables

Abstract

CVcat is a database that contains published data on cataclysmic variables and related objects. Unlike in the existing online sources, the users are allowed to add data to the catalogue. The concept of an ``open catalogue'' approach is reviewed together with the experience from one year of public usage of CVcat. New concepts to be included in the upcoming AstroCat framework and the next CVcat implementation are presented. CVcat can be found at http://www.cvcat.org.

arXiv comment5 pages A&A Latex, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

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• The SIMBAD astronomical database
• A Catalog and Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables - The Living Edition
• The NASA Astrophysics Data System: Overview

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