[vsnet-chat 4419] re CDS workload

[crawl@zoom.co.uk]

Brian Skiff wrote:

>>> The CDS Acronym for this catalogue is KW97 , yet as the Vizier link Brian
>>> gave shows, the online documentation uses HBH...
>
>     The database _is_ made by mere humans, so errors are not unexpected.
>I suggest John Greaves write to Francois Ochsenbein in Strasbourg
>(francois@simbad.u-strasbg.fr) and point out the inconsistency.  The
>nomenclature dictionary should match the catalogue.  Whether HBH or KW97
>is to be preferred is their decision.

hmmm... ...okay, just in case I ended up sounding snide about the CDS in my
post, I'd just like to say that I'm one that wishes that the CDS had the
clout to be a bit more in charge of catalogues and naming thereof, it'd
cause a lot less problems.  I know they've got quite a bit of say, but it'd
be nice if they _had_ to be consulted first re such things, rather than it
being a thought, then things like this wouldn't happen...

...ah well, if wishes were them stupid odd-toed ungulate things.

John

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