Abstract
The Chandra Data Archive (CDA) has been tracking publications based on Chandra observations in journals and on-line conference proceedings since early in the mission. Our goals are two-fold: 1) provide a means for Chandra users to search literature on Chandra-related papers to further their scientific research; and 2) provide a means for measuring the science produced from Chandra data. Over the years the database and its associated tools have expanded dramatically. In this paper I will give a history of the development of the bibliography with a focus on the human capital involved, along with the skill sets and management structures developed which allow us to maintain a very rich and extensive bibliography with a limited number of full time employees (FTEs). I will also cover how the diverse metadata collected has made the Chandra bibliography an essential resource in managing the Chandra X-ray Center. This work has been supported by NASA under contract NAS 8-03060 to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory for operation of the Chandra X-ray Center. It depends critically on the services provided by the ADS.
Highlights
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) was launched on July 23, 1999 and is the third of NASA’s Great Observatories
The focus of this paper is the growth, development, and use of the Chandra bibliography: Section 2 describes the development of the Chandra bibliography; Section 3 reviews the management tools and skills sets needed to develop and curate the bibliography; Section 4 explores some of the ways the Chandra bibliography has been used; and Section 5 gives some suggestions of what will be for the Chandra bibliography
We have developed applications which cover: preprocessing of bibcodes so we do not look at papers which are not relevant to us; classifying bibcodes so we can visualize the metadata we are attaching to papers; and post-processing of the bibliography to ensure data integrity and to produce metrics and other products useful to our users
Summary
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) was launched on July 23, 1999 and is the third of NASA’s Great Observatories. It has two instruments which can be combined with two gratings to create 6 instrument modes. The Chandra archive operations group is responsible for ensuring the integrity of data in the CDA; maintaining the Chandra Observation Catalog; curating the Chandra Bibliography; and tracking downloads of Chandra data. The focus of this paper is the growth, development, and use of the Chandra bibliography: Section 2 describes the development of the Chandra bibliography; Section 3 reviews the management tools and skills sets needed to develop and curate the bibliography; Section 4 explores some of the ways the Chandra bibliography has been used; and Section 5 gives some suggestions of what will be for the Chandra bibliography
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