Aids to the retrieval and evaluation of astronomical data

Abstract

AbstractAuthors, editors and data centres should ensure that data on astronomical objects and systems can be readily located and that their accuracy can be properly judged by the user. In particular, authors and editors should endeavour to ensure that the title, abstract and other retrieval aids are accurate and informative and that the procedures used are described in sufficient detail to allow a proper evaluation of the results. Data centres should, where appropriate, provide additional aids to allow the users to find data efficiently and should, in all cases, ensure that each datafile contains adequate information about the sources of the data and about the significance of the fields in the records of the file.