Repository details

US Virtual Astronomical Observatory

Name of repository
US Virtual Astronomical Observatory
Additional name(s)
  • VAO
Repository URL
https://usvao.org/
Subject(s)
Description
>>>!!!<<<this repository is no longer online>>>!!!>>> Funding discontinued in 2014 and all software, documentation, and other digital assets developed under the VAO are stored in the VAO Project Repository https://sites.google.com/site/usvirtualobservatory/ . Code is archived on Github https://github.com/TomMcGlynn/usvirtualobservatory .
Contact(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
http://www.usvao.org/about-vao/index.html
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider
  • serviceProvider

Institutions (6)

Institution
Associated Universities, Inc.
Additional name(s)
  • AUI
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Additional name(s)
  • AURA
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
International Virtual Observatory Alliance
Additional name(s)
  • IVOA
Country
International
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Additional name(s)
  • NASA
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution
VAO, LLC
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
  • technical
Type of institution
non-profit

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (2)

Type of access to data
open
Type of access to data
restricted
Data access restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
BSD

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • none
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Versioning
yes
Data citation guideline
http://www.usvao.org/acknowledging-the-vao/index.html
Quality management
yes

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard
International Virtual Observatory Alliance Technical Specifications

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
The National Virtual Observatory (NVO) project http://www.us-vo.org/ established the foundations for the Virtual Astronomical Observatory. The US Virtual Astronomical Observatory (VAO) is the VO effort based in the US, and it is one of many VO projects currently underway worldwide. The primary emphasis of the VAO is to provide new scientific research capabilities to the astronomy community. Thus an essential component of the VAO activity is obtaining input from US astronomers about the research tools that are most urgently needed in their work, and this information will guide the development efforts of the VAO.
Entry date
2014-03-12
Last update
2025-02-13
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re3data.org: US Virtual Astronomical Observatory; editing status 2025-02-13; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3QG85 last accessed: 2025-04-21