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Astronomy Visualization Metadata
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<h2 id="metadata-categories">Metadata Categories</h2> <p>The Astronomy Visualization Metadata standard defines a taxonomy for astronomical objects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The main categories are: </p> <ol><li>Planet</li> <li>Interplanetary Body</li> <li>Star</li> <li>Nebula</li> <li>Galaxy</li> <li>Cosmology</li> <li>Sky Phenomenon</li> <li>Technology</li> <li>People</li></ol> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Astronomy Visualization Metadata Standard <a href="http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_metadata.php" target="_blank">http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_metadata.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>AVM 1.1 Final Candidate <a href="http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_1.1_final_draft.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_1.1_final_draft.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>ESO Images in a Universal Context - Astronomical metadata to provide better access to space images <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12018/" target="_blank">http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann12018/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>PinpointWCS Archived August 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine <a href="https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~akapadia/pinpointwcs/" target="_blank">https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~akapadia/pinpointwcs/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>FITS Liberator <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/" target="_blank">http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>AVM 1.1 Final Candidate Appendix A <a href="http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_1.1_final_draft.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.virtualastronomy.org/avm_1.1_final_draft.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>