Extent of the content of the resource over space, time, and
frequency.
Note that this definition is a temporary stand-in
specification to be used until the STC metadata can be
integrated in. Resolution has been folded into coverage as
this expected to be the case for the final STC-based version.
Diff 0.2 - 0.1: corrected definition of CircleRegionType
the spatial coverage of a resource
Multiple occurances imply a coverage that is a union
of the regions given (i.e. a logical "or", according
to RM).
a coverage area of the sky
a coverage area covering the entire sky
a coordinate system frame
The International Celestial Reference System
Equatorial coordinates in the FK5 system (J2000)
Equatorial coordinates in the FK4 system (J1950)
ecliptic coordinates (J2000)
Galactic Coordinates (J2000)
Super-Galactic Coordinates (J2000)
a coverage area of the sky characterized by a range of
longitude and latitude.
The range in longitude
The minimum longitude
The maximum longitude
The range in latitude
The minimum latitude
The maximum latitude
a coverage area of the sky characterized by a central position
and angular radius
the radius of the circle in degrees.
the position of the center of some region of the sky.
the longitude component of the sky position
the latitude component of the sky position
The spatial (angular) resolution that is typical of the
observations of interest, in decimal degrees.
The intrinsic size scale, given in arcseconds, associated
with data items contained in a resource.
Both data archives and catalogs have an intrinsic scale size. For
example, a source catalog created from an instrument with one
degree angular resolution would have a RegionOfRegard of 0.5
degree, meaning that if one is searching for information
pertinent to a given position, objects in this catalog within
0.5 degree of the position of interest would need to be
included. For an image archive the RegionOfRegard corresponds
to the image field of view.
the temporal coverage of a resource
The earliest temporal coverage of the resource.
If not provided, the start time is not known.
The latest temporal coverage of the resource.
If not provided, the end time is not known (e.g. because
information continues to be added to the resource).
The temporal resolution that is typical of the
observations of interest, in seconds.
the spectral coverage of a resource
a named spectral region of the electro-magnetic spectrum.
wavelength >= 10 mm; frequency <= 30 GHz.
0.1 mm <= wavelength <= 10 mm;
3000 GHz >= frequency >= 30 GHz.
1 micron <= wavelength <= 100 micons
0.3 microns <= wavelength <= 1 micon;
300 nm <= wavelength <= 1000 nm;
3000 Angstroms <= wavelength <= 10000 Angstroms
0.1 microns <= wavelength <= 0.3 micon;
1000 nm <= wavelength <= 3000 nm;
1000 Angstroms <= wavelength <= 30000 Angstroms
100 Angstroms <= wavelength <= 1000 Angstroms;
12 eV <= Energy <= 120 eV
0.1 Angstroms <= wavelength <= 100 Angstroms;
0.12 keV <= energy <= 120 keV
energy >= 120 keV
a range of the electro-magnetic spectrum specified by
a lower and upper wavelength limit.
The minimum wavelength
The maximum wavelength
The spectral resolution that is typical of the
observations of interest, given as a ratio of the wavelength
width (delta-lambda) to the observing wavelength (lambda).