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| Paper: |
How to Access Spectral Line Databases in the IVOA: SLAP Services in VOSpec |
| Volume: |
376, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XVI |
| Page: |
603 |
| Authors: |
Salgado, J.; Osuna, P.; Guainazzi, M.; Barbarisi, I.; Arviset, C. |
| Abstract: |
In an action led by the ESA-VO project and VO-France, the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) is defining the access to spectral line data bases, both theoretical and observational. Two standards are in development, the SLAP (Simple Line Access Protocol) document and the Atomic and Molecular Spectral Line Data Model document. The first standard defines uniform access to spectral line data bases while the second specifies a common universal language for information interchange. The SLAP and the already existing SSAP (Simple Spectrum Access Protocol), integrated into the same VO application, are a powerful combination for astronomical spectral studies. Some very well known spectral line data bases have already implemented SLAP services on their servers, e.g., the NIST Atomic Spectra Database (theoretical), LERMA (observational) or the IASD (Infrared Astronomical Spectral Database) (observational). Other projects, such as ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array), are preparing their databases to be as close as possible to the Spectral Line Data Model and are planning to expose their data in SLAP format. We summarize the content of both the SLAP and AM Line Data Model documents and how these SLAP services have been integrated in VOSpec, the VO reference application for spectral access developed by the ESA-VO team. |
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