SPASE Services
SMWG Registry
The SPASE Metadata Working Group (SMWG) administraters the metadata registry containing descriptions common entities. This includes descriptions of observatories, instruments, persons, registries and services. These descriptions are typically referenced by descriptions of digital resources such as numerical data, display data and catalogs.
SMWG Registry http://www.spase-group.org/registry
Naming Authorities
SPASE maintains a list of naming authorities who use the "spase" scheme in resource IDs. A SPASE Resource ID is a URI and has the general form of
spase://authority/pathTo ensure global uniqueness of SPASE Resource IDs a naming authority must resource a unique name with the SPASE group. To become a naming authority and register your naming authority name with SPASE contact Todd King (tking@igpp.ucla.edu)
Current list of naming authorities:
| Authority | Description |
|---|---|
| CSSDP | Canadian Space Science Data Portal (CSSDP). Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Canadian Space Science Data Portal (CSSDP). http://www.cssdp.ca/ |
| SMWG | SPASE Metadata Working Group (SMWG). The community location for entities such as persons, observatories, instruments, repositories, registries and services. http://www.spase-group.org/registry |
| VEPO | Virtual Energetic Particle Observatory (VEPO). http://vepo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ |
| ViRBO | Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory (ViRBO). http://vmo.nasa.gov |
| VITMO | Virtual Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere Observatory (VITMO). http://vitmo.jhuapl.edu/ |
| VMO | Virtual Magnetosphere Observatory (VMO). http://vmo.nasa.gov |
| VSPO | Virtual Space Physics Observatory (VSPO). http://vspo.gsfc.nasa.gov |
| VSO | Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO). http://sdac.virtualsolar.org/ |
| VWO | Virtual Wave Observatory (VWO). http://vwo.nasa.gov |