IRSA Catalog Data Dictionary Form Service

Catalog Data Dictionary Form Service (CatDD)

For Project Internal Data Dictionaries

CGI parameters:

mode

optional

html___display Gator query page in HTML. (default)
xml ___output DD content in XML.

proj

required

project_name

project_name

required

proj_password

catalog

required

catalog name inside DBMS

short

optional

1___display short DD with default column selections (default).
0___display long DD with all columns.
Short DD means the default lit of columns on the Gator query page;
long DD means full list of columns on the Gator query page.

Examples:

Short List Long List

Catalog

XML HTML
Note: Netscape 7.0, Opera, and Safari do not render XML structures correctly.

Fill in the password for a specific project database, and then click project_name to
get IRSA internal project catalog holdings.

Project Internal DataBase (Password Protected)
Two micron All-Sky Survey Project Databases
COSMOS Database
MIPSGAL Database
SWIRE Database
Research Database

Note: No examples are given, because query internal database requires password.

For External Catalogs

The CGI parameters:
onlist	optional	1___catalog is visible through Gator web interface (default). 0___catalog has been ingested into IRSA but not yet visible through web interface. This parameter will generally only be set when users are supporting testing and evaluation of new catalogs at IRSA's request.

mode	optional	html___display Gator query page in HTML (default). xml ___output DD content in XML.

short	optional	1___display short DD with default column selections (default). 0___display long DD with all columns Short DD means the default list of columns on the Gator query page; long DD means full lit of columns on the Gator query page.

catalog	required	catalog name inside the database

database	required	database name

server	required	symbolic database server name

desc	optional	short description of a specific catalog.

ddfile	optional	data dictionary name in DBMS used to get column information regarding a specific catalog.

ddlink	optional	document in html for a specific data dictionary.
xpffile	optional	pprocess files for speed up cross comparison.
pos	optional	Flag to indicate if the catalog contains positional information.

Form Examples:
Catalog
Database
Catalog description
Data dictionary (DD)
DD link for detail description
Symbolic database server name
Xpf File name
Does Catalog have Ra and Dec?
		XML HTML Note: Netscape 7.0, Opera, and Safeir do not render the XML structure correctly.


URL examples:
(1) Without detail column descriptions (ddlink is not defined) https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-dd?catalog=st_d01_pos&database=stars_ops&desc=NStED+Positional+Information&ddfile=operation@rmt_dbms11:stars_dd&server=PRO_DYNAMIC&onlist=0 View Result in HTML

(2) With detail column descriptions https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-dd?catalog=fp_psc&database=fp_2mass&desc=2MASS+ALL-Sky+PSC&ddfile=operation@rmt_dbms11:fp_psc_dd&ddlink=%22http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/releases/allsky/doc/sec2_2a.html%22&server=PUBLIC_SERVER&mode=html&onlist=0 View Result in HTML.