Documentation
The SPASE documentation is a valuable set of references for understanding, using and creating SPASE resource descriptions and services.
Additional information on using SPASE metadata and tools can be found at the SPASE School.
Conventions
- Parameter Key Formation for Plain Text Data
- Describes Parameter Key formation rules for describing simple tabular plain text files.
- Data Model Version Numbers
- Describes how versions numbers are assigned to each instance of the SPASE Data Model.
- Resource ID Formation Rule
- A common convention for the formation of resource identifiers used in a SPASE resource description.
- Text Normalization and Mark-up
- Describe how to normalize and mark-up text in a SPASE resource description to define a desired layout or format.
- Heliophysics Event List (Catalogue) Format
- Describes the Heliophysics Event List format which is a plain text data format with metadata embedded in comments.
Text Example - VOTable Example
Data Model
- Dictionary
- The dictionary defines all the terms used in SPASE models.
- Metadata Model
- The Metadata Model defines the specification for how to create resource descriptions.
- XML Schema
- The XML Schema documents define the metadata model for use in XML documents.
- XMI Models
- The XMI definition of the metadata model is a standard form used by modeling tools.