[vsnet-gcvs 1] New list: vsnet-gcvs

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

New list: vsnet-gcvs

Dear Colleagues,

    We have set up a new list, vsnet-gcvs, as a part of the distributed
GCVS revision project.  This projects creates our own database of proposed
GCVS/NSV entry revisions, and is transferred to the GCVS team and the SIMBAD
team so that the GCVS editor can review the information.

    Revisions includes the following items.

    field name      format (necesary items)
   -----------------------------------------
    TYPE            type
    RANGE           max min band
    EPHEMERIS       epoch period m/d
    SPEC            spectrum

    (m/d = Max-Min or D depending on the variable star type)

    Suggested revisions should be sent one data per one line, which begins
with "add" and followed by field_name object_name and items.  The object_name
should be expressed in the VSNET format (captalized constellation abbreviation
and star name, without a space).  Each item should not contain any space
characters.  When the item is missing (because of the absence of data or
the item should be essentially blank), put "-" character in the item.
Other formats of the data should follow the on-line GCVS standard expression
(type should be all capitals, "fainter than" is "(", decimals in magnitude
desired, epoch in JD-2400000 (not MJD) etc.)  Nothing else should be written
in each line.

    Example:

add TYPE SERQW UGSU
add TYPE AQLCI NR+E

    Authors are strongly recommended to add (in different paragraph)
the reference to the revision data (URL, Journal bibligraphy, VSNET message
number etc.).

    In order to cancel the revision, replace the "add" in the line by
"cancel" and submit the same data to the list.

    Submitted data are archived (and can be referenced), and later extracted
for creating a database.  We plan to reflect these revisions to the
VSNET individual variable page.

    Revisions of coordinates (R.A. and Decl.) should be sent to the
well-established vsnet-id list, not to this list.
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    The initial list of vsnet-gcvs includes members of vsnet-id, vsnet-newvar,
and vsnet-chat.  If one wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to vsnet-gcvs,
please send a message to vsnet-adm, with a text line

    SUBSCRIBE vsnet-gcvs your e-mail address  or
    UNSUBSCRIBE vsnet-gcvs your e-mail address

    Please feel free to distribute this message to interested parties
or persons who may be interested in this field of variable stars.

Regards,
Taichi Kato
on behalf of the VSNET administrator team

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