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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{ivoa}
\input tthdefs
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\usepackage[width=16cm,height=24cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{natbib}
% \usepackage{enumitem}
\title{UCD1+ controlled vocabulary - \emph{Updated List of Terms}}
% having descriptions in a narrow column is painful -- the following
% is an attempt to define a suitable column style ("D"escription)
\newcolumntype{D}[1]{>{\raggedright\tolerance=7000\let\newline\\\arraybackslash
\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}
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% is an attempt to define a suitable column style ("D"escription)
\newcolumntype{D}[1]{>{\raggedright\tolerance=7000\let\newline\\\arraybackslash
\hspace{0pt}}p{#1}}
% see ivoatexDoc for what group names to use here
\ivoagroup{Semantics}
\author{Andrea Preite Martinez}
\author{Mireille Louys}
\author{Baptiste Cecconi}
\author{S\'ebastien Derri\`ere}
\author{Fran\c cois Ochsenbein}
\author{St\'ephane Erard}
\author{Markus Demleitner}
\editor[mailto:baptiste.cecconi@obspm.fr]{Baptiste Cecconi, Mireille Louys}
\previousversion[https://www.ivoa.net/documents/UCD1+/20210616]{UCD1+ EN
1.5, 2023-01-25}
\previousversion[https://www.ivoa.net/documents/UCD1+/20210616]{UCD1+ EN
1.4, 2021-06-16}
\previousversion[https://ivoa.net/documents/UCD1+/20180527/index.html]{UCD1+
REC 1.3, 2018-05-27}
\previousversion[https://ivoa.net/documents/cover/UCDlist-20070402.html]{UCD1+
REC 1.23, 2007-04-02}
\previousversion[https://ivoa.net/documents/cover/UCDlist-20051231.html]{UCD1+
REC 1.11, 2005-12-31}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
This document describes the \emph{list of controlled terms} building up the corpus of the Unified Content Descriptors, Version 1+ (UCD1+).
The document describing the UCD1+ principles is an IVOA Recommendation \citep{2018ivoa.spec.0527P},
The process to maintain and enrich the UCD list of terms is standardized in \citep{2019ivoa.spec.1007G}.
It states that successive versions of the UCD1+ vocabulary are distributed in Endorsed Notes within the IVOA.
The changes with respect to the version UCDList1.4 have been discussed in the request for modification (RFM) page on (\url{https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/UCDList_1-5_RFM}) within the IVOA Semantics WG and validated by the UCD science board.
Each addition, amendment, etc. is discussed now using VEP-UCD available from the RFM page inspired from the set-up of Vocabulary Enhancement VEP2.0 specification (\url{https://ivoa.net/documents/Vocabularies/20210525/index.html}).
VEP-UCD files are referenced from the RFM page and available for further details.
\end{abstract}
\section{Introduction}
A UCD is a string which contains textual tokens called `words', separated by semicolons(;). A word is
composed of `atoms', separated by periods(.). The hierarchy is as follows:
$$
\textrm{atoms} \rightarrow \textrm{words} \rightarrow \textrm{composed words}
$$
UCD1+ are either single words, or a composition of several words.
UCDs are ``controlled'' through a process defined in the IVOA. See \citet{2005ivoa.spec.0819D} and
section \ref{sec:words} below. Control is exercised at the level of words (UCD1+) and at the level
of the vocabulary (atoms) used to form words. A consistent list of atoms will be maintained, making
sure that the same atom always means the same thing, even if used in combination with different other
atoms.
\section{List of valid words}
\label{sec:list}
All words are preceded by a `syntax' code that can help in the process of building composed UCD1+.
\begin{enumerate}
\item ``P'' means that the word can only be used as ``primary'' or first word;
\item ``S'' stands for only secondary: the word cannot be used as the first word to describe a
single quantity;
\item ``Q'' means that the word can be used indifferently as first or secondary word;
The following cases behave as Q prefix and can be combined as primary or secondary.
They specialize the combination rules:
\begin{enumerate}
\item ``E'' means a photometric quantity, and can be followed by a word describing a part of
the electromagnetic spectrum;
\item ``C'' is a colour index, and can be followed by two successive word describing a part of
the electromagnetic spectrum;
\item ``V'' stands for vector. Such a word can be followed by another describing the axis or
reference frame in which the measurement is done.
\end{enumerate}
\end{enumerate}
For typographic reasons some long UCD atoms are printed on two
lines in the following table. In these cases, \texttt{some.long...
...ucd.x} is to be read as \texttt{some.long.ucd.x}.
%\begin{table}[h!]
%\begin{tabular}{c|l|p{0.5\textwidth}}
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
\multicolumn{2}{l|}{\textbf{UCD word}}&\textbf{Description}\\
\sptablerule
% GENERATED: python3 convert_ucd_list_to_tex.py ucd-list.txt
Q & \ucd{arith}& Arithmetic quantities\\
S & \ucd{arith.diff}& Difference between two quantities described by the same UCD\\
P & \ucd{arith.factor}& Numerical factor\\
P & \ucd{arith.grad}& Gradient\\
P & \ucd{arith.rate}& Rate (per time unit)\\
S & \ucd{arith.ratio}& Ratio between two quantities described by the same UCD\\
S & \ucd{arith.squared}& Squared quantity\\
S & \ucd{arith.sum}& Summed or integrated quantity\\
S & \ucd{arith.variation}& Generic variation of a quantity\\
Q & \ucd{arith.zp}& Zero point\\
S & \ucd{em}& Electromagnetic spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.IR}& Infrared part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.J}& Infrared between 1.0 and 1.5 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.H}& Infrared between 1.5 and 2 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.K}& Infrared between 2 and 3 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.3-4um}& Infrared between 3 and 4 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.4-8um}& Infrared between 4 and 8 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.8-15um}& Infrared between 8 and 15 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.15-30um}& Infrared between 15 and 30 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.30-60um}& Infrared between 30 and 60 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.60-100um}& Infrared between 60 and 100 micron\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.NIR}& Near-Infrared, 1-5 microns\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.MIR}& Medium-Infrared, 5-30 microns\\
S & \ucd{em.IR.FIR}& Far-Infrared, 30-100 microns\\
S & \ucd{em.UV}& Ultraviolet part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.UV.10-50nm}& Ultraviolet between 10 and 50 nm EUV extreme UV\\
S & \ucd{em.UV.50-100nm}& Ultraviolet between 50 and 100 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.UV.100-200nm}& Ultraviolet between 100 and 200 nm FUV Far UV\\
S & \ucd{em.UV.200-300nm}& Ultraviolet between 200 and 300 nm NUV near UV\\
S & \ucd{em.X-ray}& X-ray part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.X-ray.soft}& Soft X-ray (0.12 - 2 keV)\\
S & \ucd{em.X-ray.medium}& Medium X-ray (2 - 12 keV)\\
S & \ucd{em.X-ray.hard}& Hard X-ray (12 - 120 keV)\\
Q & \ucd{em.bin}& Channel / instrumental spectral bin coordinate (bin number)\\
Q & \ucd{em.energy}& Energy value in the em frame\\
Q & \ucd{em.freq}& Frequency value in the em frame\\
Q & \ucd{em.freq.cutoff}& cutoff frequency\\
Q & \ucd{em.freq.resonance}& resonance frequency\\
S & \ucd{em.gamma}& Gamma rays part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.gamma.soft}& Soft gamma ray (120 - 500 keV)\\
S & \ucd{em.gamma.hard}& Hard gamma ray (>500 keV)\\
S & \ucd{em.line}& Designation of major atomic lines\\
S & \ucd{em.line.HI}& 21cm hydrogen line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Lyalpha}& H-Lyalpha line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Halpha}& H-alpha line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Hbeta}& H-beta line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Hgamma}& H-gamma line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Hdelta}& H-delta line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.Brgamma}& Bracket gamma line\\
S & \ucd{em.line.OIII}& [OIII] line whose rest wl is 500.7 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.line.CO}& CO radio line, e.g., 12CO(1-0) at 115GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm}& Millimetric/submillimetric part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.30-50GHz}& Millimetric between 30 and 50 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.50-100GHz}& Millimetric between 50 and 100 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.100-200GHz}& Millimetric between 100 and 200 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.200-400GHz}& Millimetric between 200 and 400 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.400-750GHz}& Millimetric between 400 and 750 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.750-1500GHz}& Millimetric between 750 and 1500 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.mm.1500-3000GHz}& Millimetric between 1500 and 3000 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.opt}& Optical part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.opt.U}& Optical band between 300 and 400 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.opt.B}& Optical band between 400 and 500 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.opt.V}& Optical band between 500 and 600 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.opt.R}& Optical band between 600 and 750 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.opt.I}& Optical band between 750 and 1000 nm\\
S & \ucd{em.pw}& Plasma waves (trapped in local medium)\\
S & \ucd{em.radio}& Radio part of the spectrum\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.20MHz}& Radio below 20 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.20-100MHz}& Radio between 20 and 100 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.100-200MHz}& Radio between 100 and 200 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.200-400MHz}& Radio between 200 and 400 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.400-750MHz}& Radio between 400 and 750 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.750-1500MHz}& Radio between 750 and 1500 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.1500-3000MHz}& Radio between 1500 and 3000 MHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.3-6GHz}& Radio between 3 and 6 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.6-12GHz}& Radio between 6 and 12 GHz\\
S & \ucd{em.radio.12-30GHz}& Radio between 12 and 30 GHz\\
Q & \ucd{em.wavenumber}& Wavenumber value in the em frame\\
Q & \ucd{em.wl}& Wavelength value in the em frame\\
Q & \ucd{em.wl.central}& Central wavelength\\
Q & \ucd{em.wl.effective}& Effective wavelength\\
Q & \ucd{instr}& Instrument\\
E & \ucd{instr.background}& Instrumental background\\
Q & \ucd{instr.bandpass}& Bandpass (e.g.: band name) of instrument\\
Q & \ucd{instr.bandwidth}& Bandwidth of the instrument\\
Q & \ucd{instr.baseline}& Baseline for interferometry\\
S & \ucd{instr.beam}& Beam\\
Q & \ucd{instr.calib}& Calibration parameter\\
S & \ucd{instr.det}& Detector\\
Q & \ucd{instr.det.noise}& Instrument noise\\
Q & \ucd{instr.det.psf}& Point Spread Function\\
Q & \ucd{instr.det.qe}& Quantum efficiency\\
Q & \ucd{instr.dispersion}& Dispersion of a spectrograph\\
Q & \ucd{instr.experiment}& Experiment or group of instruments\\
S & \ucd{instr.filter}& Filter\\
S & \ucd{instr.fov}& Related to the field of view\\
S & \ucd{instr.obsty}& Observatory, satellite, mission\\
Q & \ucd{instr.obsty.seeing}& Seeing\\
Q & \ucd{instr.offset}& Offset angle with respect to main direction of observation\\
Q & \ucd{instr.order}& Spectral order in a spectrograph\\
Q & \ucd{instr.param}& Various instrumental parameters\\
S & \ucd{instr.pixel}& Pixel (default size: angular)\\
S & \ucd{instr.plate}& Photographic plate\\
Q & \ucd{instr.plate.emulsion}& Plate emulsion\\
Q & \ucd{instr.precision}& Instrument precision\\
Q & \ucd{instr.rmsf}& Rotation Measure Spread Function\\
Q & \ucd{instr.saturation}& Instrument saturation threshold\\
Q & \ucd{instr.scale}& Instrument scale (for CCD, plate, image)\\
Q & \ucd{instr.sensitivity}& Instrument sensitivity, detection threshold\\
Q & \ucd{instr.setup}& Instrument configuration or setup\\
Q & \ucd{instr.skyLevel}& Sky level\\
Q & \ucd{instr.skyTemp}& Sky temperature\\
Q & \ucd{instr.tel}& Telescope\\
Q & \ucd{instr.tel.focalLength}& Telescope focal length\\
S & \ucd{instr.voxel}& Related to a voxel (n-D volume element with n>2)\\
P & \ucd{meta}& Metadata\\
P & \ucd{meta.abstract}& Abstract (of paper, proposal, etc.)\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib}& Bibliographic reference\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.author}& Author name\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.bibcode}& Bibcode\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.fig}& Figure in a paper\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.journal}& Journal name\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.page}& Page number\\
P & \ucd{meta.bib.volume}& Volume number\\
Q & \ucd{meta.calibLevel}& Processing/calibration level\\
Q & \ucd{meta.checksum}& Numerical signature of digital data\\
P & \ucd{meta.code}& Code or flag\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.class}& Classification code\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.error}& Limit uncertainty error flag\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.member}& Membership code\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.mime}& MIME type\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.multip}& Multiplicity or binarity flag\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.qual}& Quality, precision, reliability flag or code\\
P & \ucd{meta.code.status}& Status code (e.g.: status of a proposal/observation)\\
Q & \ucd{meta.coverage}& A coverage (spatial, temporal, spectral, etc) with any combination of physical axes (such as moc, tmoc, stmoc)\\
P & \ucd{meta.cryptic}& Unknown or impossible to understand quantity\\
Q & \ucd{meta.curation}& Parameter informing about the curation of the data\\
Q & \ucd{meta.dataset}& Dataset\\
Q & \ucd{meta.email}& Contact e-mail\\
S & \ucd{meta.file}& File\\
S & \ucd{meta.fits}& FITS standard\\
P & \ucd{meta.id}& Identifier, name or designation\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.assoc}& Identifier of associated counterpart\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.CoI}& Name of Co-Investigator\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.cross}& Cross identification\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.parent}& Identification of parent source\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.part}& Part of identifier, suffix or sub-component\\
P & \ucd{meta.id.PI}& Name of Principal Investigator or Co-PI\\
S & \ucd{meta.main}& Main value of something\\
S & \ucd{meta.modelled}& Quantity was produced by a model\\
P & \ucd{meta.note}& Note or remark (longer than a code or flag)\\
P & \ucd{meta.number}& Number (of things; e.g. nb of object in an image)\\
S & \ucd{meta.preview}& Related to a preview operation for a dataset\\
Q & \ucd{meta.query}& A query posed to an information system or database or a property of it\\
P & \ucd{meta.record}& Record number\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref}& Reference or origin\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.doi}& DOI identifier (dereferenceable)\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.epic}& ePIC identifier (dereferenceable)\\
Q & \ucd{meta.ref.ivoid}& Identifier as recommended in the IVOA (dereferenceable)\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.orcid}& ORCID identifier for people working in research (dereferenceable)\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.pid}& Generic Persistent Identifier (dereferenceable)\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.rorid}& ROR unique and persistent identifier for research organizations\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.uri}& URI, universal resource identifier\\
P & \ucd{meta.ref.url}& URL, web address\\
S & \ucd{meta.software}& Software used in generating data\\
S & \ucd{meta.table}& Table or catalogue\\
P & \ucd{meta.title}& Title or explanation\\
Q & \ucd{meta.ucd}& UCD\\
P & \ucd{meta.unit}& Unit\\
P & \ucd{meta.version}& Version\\
S & \ucd{obs}& Observation\\
Q & \ucd{obs.airMass}& Airmass\\
S & \ucd{obs.atmos}& Atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena affecting an observation\\
Q & \ucd{obs.atmos.extinction}& Atmospheric extinction\\
Q & \ucd{obs.atmos.humidity}& Amount of air humidity at observing site during an observation\\
Q & \ucd{obs.atmos.rain}& Amount of rain at the telescope site during an observation\\
Q & \ucd{obs.atmos.refractAngle}& Atmospheric refraction angle\\
S & \ucd{obs.atmos.turbulence}& Related to atmospheric turbulence at the telescope site\\
P & \ucd{obs.atmos.turbulence.isoplanatic}& Isoplanatic angle characterising the atmospheric turbulence at telescope site\\
Q & \ucd{obs.atmos.water}& Amount of atmospheric water at observing site\\
S & \ucd{obs.atmos.wind}& Related to atmospheric wind at observing site\\
S & \ucd{obs.calib}& Calibration observation\\
S & \ucd{obs.calib.flat}& Related to flat-field calibration observation (dome, sky, ..)\\
S & \ucd{obs.calib.dark}& Related to dark current calibration\\
S & \ucd{obs.exposure}& Exposure\\
S & \ucd{obs.field}& Region covered by the observation\\
S & \ucd{obs.image}& Image\\
Q & \ucd{obs.observer}& Observer, discoverer\\
S & \ucd{obs.occult}& Observation of occultation phenomenon by solar system objects\\
S & \ucd{obs.transit}& Observation of transit phenomenon : exo-planets\\
Q & \ucd{obs.param}& Various observation or reduction parameter\\
S & \ucd{obs.proposal}& Observation proposal\\
Q & \ucd{obs.proposal.cycle}& Proposal cycle\\
S & \ucd{obs.sequence}& Sequence of observations, exposures or events\\
E & \ucd{phot}& Photometry\\
E & \ucd{phot.antennaTemp}& Antenna temperature\\
Q & \ucd{phot.calib}& Photometric calibration\\
C & \ucd{phot.color}& Color index or magnitude difference\\
Q & \ucd{phot.color.excess}& Color excess\\
Q & \ucd{phot.color.reddFree}& Dereddened color\\
E & \ucd{phot.count}& Flux expressed in counts\\
E & \ucd{phot.fluence}& Radiant photon energy received by a surface per unit area or irradiance of a surface integrated over time of irradiation\\
E & \ucd{phot.flux}& Photon flux or irradiance\\
Q & \ucd{phot.flux.bol}& Bolometric flux\\
E & \ucd{phot.flux.density}& Flux density (per wl/freq/energy interval)\\
E & \ucd{phot.flux.density.sb}& Flux density surface brightness\\
E & \ucd{phot.flux.sb}& Flux surface brightness\\
E & \ucd{phot.limbDark}& Limb-darkening coefficients\\
E & \ucd{phot.mag}& Photometric magnitude\\
E & \ucd{phot.mag.bc}& Bolometric correction\\
Q & \ucd{phot.mag.bol}& Bolometric magnitude\\
Q & \ucd{phot.mag.distMod}& Distance modulus\\
E & \ucd{phot.mag.reddFree}& Dereddened magnitude\\
E & \ucd{phot.mag.sb}& Surface brightness in magnitude units\\
E & \ucd{phot.radiance}& Radiance as energy flux per solid angle\\
Q & \ucd{phys}& Physical quantities\\
Q & \ucd{phys.SFR}& Star formation rate\\
E & \ucd{phys.absorption}& Extinction or absorption along the line of sight\\
Q & \ucd{phys.absorption.coeff}& Absorption coefficient (e.g. in a spectral line)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.absorption.gal}& Galactic extinction\\
Q & \ucd{phys.absorption.opticalDepth}& Optical depth\\
Q & \ucd{phys.abund}& Abundance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.abund.Fe}& Fe/H abundance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.abund.X}& Hydrogen abundance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.abund.Y}& Helium abundance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.abund.Z}& Metallicity abundance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.acceleration}& Acceleration\\
S & \ucd{phys.aerosol}& Relative to aerosol\\
Q & \ucd{phys.albedo}& Albedo or reflectance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.angArea}& Angular area\\
Q & \ucd{phys.angMomentum}& Angular momentum\\
E & \ucd{phys.angSize}& Angular size width diameter dimension extension major minor axis extraction radius\\
E & \ucd{phys.angSize.smajAxis}& Angular size extent or extension of semi-major axis\\
E & \ucd{phys.angSize.sminAxis}& Angular size extent or extension of semi-minor axis\\
Q & \ucd{phys.area}& Area (in surface, not angular units)\\
S & \ucd{phys.atmol}& Atomic and molecular physics (shared properties)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.branchingRatio}& Branching ratio\\
S & \ucd{phys.atmol.collisional}& Related to collisions\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.collStrength}& Collisional strength\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.configuration}& Configuration\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.crossSection}& Atomic / molecular cross-section\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.element}& Element\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.excitation}& Atomic molecular excitation parameter\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.final}& Quantity refers to atomic/molecular final/ground state, level, etc.\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.initial}& Quantity refers to atomic/molecular initial state, level, etc.\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.ionStage}& Ion, ionization stage\\
S & \ucd{phys.atmol.ionization}& Related to ionization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.lande}& Lande factor\\
S & \ucd{phys.atmol.level}& Atomic level\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.lifetime}& Lifetime of a level\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.lineShift}& Line shifting coefficient\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.number}& Atomic number Z\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.oscStrength}& Oscillator strength\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.parity}& Parity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.qn}& Quantum number\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.radiationType}& Type of radiation characterizing atomic lines (electric dipole/quadrupole, magnetic dipole)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.symmetry}& Type of nuclear spin symmetry\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.sWeight}& Statistical weight\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.sWeight.nuclear}& Statistical weight for nuclear spin states\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.term}& Atomic term\\
S & \ucd{phys.atmol.transition}& Transition between states\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.transProb}& Transition probability, Einstein A coefficient\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.wOscStrength}& Weighted oscillator strength\\
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.weight}& Atomic weight\\
Q & \ucd{phys.columnDensity}& Column density\\
S & \ucd{phys.composition}& Quantities related to composition of objects\\
Q & \ucd{phys.composition.massLightRatio}& Mass to light ratio\\
Q & \ucd{phys.composition.yield}& Mass yield\\
S & \ucd{phys.cosmology}& Related to cosmology\\
Q & \ucd{phys.current}& Electric current\\
Q & \ucd{phys.current.density}& Electric current density\\
Q & \ucd{phys.damping}& Generic damping quantities\\
Q & \ucd{phys.density}& Density (of mass, electron, ...)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.density.phaseSpace}& Density in the phase space\\
Q & \ucd{phys.dielectric}& Complex dielectric function\\
Q & \ucd{phys.dispMeasure}& Dispersion measure\\
S & \ucd{phys.dust}& Relative to dust\\
Q & \ucd{phys.electCharge}& Electric charge\\
V & \ucd{phys.electField}& Electric field\\
S & \ucd{phys.electron}& Electron\\
Q & \ucd{phys.electron.degen}& Electron degeneracy parameter\\
Q & \ucd{phys.emissMeasure}& Emission measure\\
Q & \ucd{phys.emissivity}& Emissivity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.energy}& Energy\\
Q & \ucd{phys.energy.Gibbs}& Gibbs (free) energy or free enthalpy [ G=H-TS ]\\
Q & \ucd{phys.energy.Helmholtz}& Helmholtz free energy [ A=U-TS ]\\
Q & \ucd{phys.energy.density}& Energy density\\
Q & \ucd{phys.enthalpy}& Enthalpy [ H=U+pv ]\\
Q & \ucd{phys.entropy}& Entropy\\
Q & \ucd{phys.eos}& Equation of state\\
Q & \ucd{phys.excitParam}& Excitation parameter U\\
E & \ucd{phys.fluence}& Particle energy received by a surface per unit area and integrated over time\\
Q & \ucd{phys.flux}& Flux or flow of particle, energy, etc.\\
Q & \ucd{phys.flux.energy}& Energy flux, heat flux\\
Q & \ucd{phys.gauntFactor}& Gaunt factor/correction\\
Q & \ucd{phys.gravity}& Gravity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.inspiralSpin}& Effective inspiral spin in binary mergers (used in GW detections)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.ionizParam}& Ionization parameter\\
Q & \ucd{phys.ionizParam.coll}& Collisional ionization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.ionizParam.rad}& Radiative ionization\\
E & \ucd{phys.luminosity}& Luminosity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.luminosity.fun}& Luminosity function\\
E & \ucd{phys.magAbs}& Absolute magnitude\\
Q & \ucd{phys.magAbs.bol}& Bolometric absolute magnitude\\
V & \ucd{phys.magField}& Magnetic field\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mass}& Mass\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mass.inertiaMomentum}& Momentum of inertia or rotational inertia\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mass.loss}& Mass loss\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol}& Molecular data\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.dipole}& Molecular dipole\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.dipole.electric}& Molecular electric dipole moment\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.dipole.magnetic}& Molecular magnetic dipole moment\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.dissociation}& Molecular dissociation\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.formationHeat}& Formation heat for molecules\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.quadrupole}& Molecular quadrupole\\
Q & \ucd{phys.mol.quadrupole.electric}& Molecular electric quadrupole moment\\
S & \ucd{phys.mol.rotation}& Molecular rotation\\
S & \ucd{phys.mol.vibration}& Molecular vibration\\
S & \ucd{phys.particle}& Related to physical particles\\
S & \ucd{phys.particle.neutrino}& Related to neutrino\\
S & \ucd{phys.particle.neutron}& Related to neutron\\
S & \ucd{phys.particle.proton}& Related to proton\\
S & \ucd{phys.particle.alpha}& Related to alpha particle\\
S & \ucd{phys.phaseSpace}& Related to phase space\\
E & \ucd{phys.polarization}& Polarization degree (or percentage)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.circular}& Circular polarization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.coherency}& Matrix of the correlation between components of an electromagnetic wave\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.linear}& Linear polarization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.rotMeasure}& Rotation measure polarization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.stokes}& Stokes polarization\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.stokes.I}& Stokes polarization coefficient I\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.stokes.Q}& Stokes polarization coefficient Q\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.stokes.U}& Stokes polarization coefficient U\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.stokes.V}& Stokes polarization coefficient V\\
Q & \ucd{phys.potential}& Potential (electric, gravitational, etc.)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.pressure}& Pressure\\
Q & \ucd{phys.recombination.coeff}& Recombination coefficient\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance}& Radiance factor (received radiance divided by input radiance)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.bidirectional}& Bidirectional reflectance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.bidirectional.df}& Bidirectional reflectance distribution function\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.factor}& Reflectance normalized per direction cosine of incidence angle\\
Q & \ucd{phys.refractIndex}& Refraction index\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size}& Linear size, length (not angular) in length units or bytes\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.axisRatio}& Axis ratio (a/b) or (b/a)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.diameter}& Diameter\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.radius}& Radius\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.smajAxis}& Linear semi major axis\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.sminAxis}& Linear semi minor axis\\
Q & \ucd{phys.size.smedAxis}& Linear semi median axis for 3D ellipsoids\\
Q & \ucd{phys.temperature}& Temperature\\
Q & \ucd{phys.temperature.dew}& Dew temperature measured at the telescope site during an observation\\
Q & \ucd{phys.temperature.effective}& Effective temperature\\
Q & \ucd{phys.temperature.electron}& Electron temperature\\
Q & \ucd{phys.transmission}& Transmission (of filter, instrument, ...)\\
V & \ucd{phys.veloc}& Space velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.ang}& Angular velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.dispersion}& Velocity dispersion\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.escape}& Escape velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.expansion}& Expansion velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.microTurb}& Microturbulence velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.orbital}& Orbital velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.pulsat}& Pulsational velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.rotat}& Rotational velocity\\
Q & \ucd{phys.veloc.transverse}& Transverse / tangential velocity\\
S & \ucd{phys.virial}& Related to virial quantities (mass, radius, ...)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.volume}& Volume (in cubic units)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.voltage}& Electric potential difference over a distance or measured by an instrument\\
Q & \ucd{pos}& Position and coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.angDistance}& Angular distance, elongation\\
Q & \ucd{pos.angResolution}& Angular resolution\\
Q & \ucd{pos.az}& Position in alt-azimuthal frame\\
Q & \ucd{pos.az.alt}& Alt-azimuthal altitude\\
Q & \ucd{pos.az.azi}& Alt-azimuthal azimuth\\
Q & \ucd{pos.az.zd}& Alt-azimuthal zenith distance\\
Q & \ucd{pos.azimuth}& Azimuthal angle in a generic reference plane\\
S & \ucd{pos.barycenter}& Barycenter\\
S & \ucd{pos.bodycentric}& Body-centric related coordinate\\
S & \ucd{pos.bodygraphic}& Body-graphic related coordinate\\
S & \ucd{pos.bodyrc}& Body related coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.bodyrc.alt}& Body related coordinate (altitude on the body)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.bodyrc.lat}& Body related coordinate (latitude on the body)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.bodyrc.lon}& Body related coordinate (longitude on the body)\\
S & \ucd{pos.cartesian}& Cartesian (rectangular) coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cartesian.x}& Cartesian coordinate along the x-axis\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cartesian.y}& Cartesian coordinate along the y-axis\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cartesian.z}& Cartesian coordinate along the z-axis\\
S & \ucd{pos.centroid}& Related to centroid position\\
S & \ucd{pos.cmb}& Cosmic Microwave Background reference frame\\
S & \ucd{pos.cylindrical}& Related to cylindrical coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.azi}& Azimuthal angle around z-axis (cylindrical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.r}& Radial distance from z-axis (cylindrical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.z}& Height or altitude from reference plane (cylindrical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.dirCos}& Direction cosine\\
V & \ucd{pos.distance}& Linear distance\\
S & \ucd{pos.earth}& Coordinates related to Earth\\
Q & \ucd{pos.earth.altitude}& Altitude, height on Earth above sea level\\
Q & \ucd{pos.earth.lat}& Latitude on Earth\\
Q & \ucd{pos.earth.lon}& Longitude on Earth\\
S & \ucd{pos.ecliptic}& Ecliptic coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.ecliptic.lat}& Ecliptic latitude\\
Q & \ucd{pos.ecliptic.lon}& Ecliptic longitude\\
Q & \ucd{pos.emergenceAng}& Emergence angle of optical ray on an interface\\
S & \ucd{pos.eop}& Earth orientation parameters\\
Q & \ucd{pos.ephem}& Ephemeris\\
Q & \ucd{pos.eq}& Equatorial coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.eq.dec}& Declination in equatorial coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.eq.ha}& Hour-angle\\
Q & \ucd{pos.eq.ra}& Right ascension in equatorial coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.eq.spd}& South polar distance in equatorial coordinates\\
S & \ucd{pos.errorEllipse}& Positional error ellipse\\
Q & \ucd{pos.frame}& Reference frame used for positions\\
S & \ucd{pos.galactic}& Galactic coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.galactic.lat}& Latitude in galactic coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.galactic.lon}& Longitude in galactic coordinates\\
S & \ucd{pos.galactocentric}& Galactocentric coordinate system\\
S & \ucd{pos.geocentric}& Geocentric coordinate system\\
Q & \ucd{pos.healpix}& Hierarchical Equal Area IsoLatitude Pixelization\\
S & \ucd{pos.heliocentric}& Heliocentric position coordinate (solar system bodies)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.HTM}& Hierarchical Triangular Mesh\\
Q & \ucd{pos.incidenceAng}& Incidence angle of optical ray on an interface\\
S & \ucd{pos.lg}& Local Group reference frame\\
S & \ucd{pos.lsr}& Local Standard of Rest reference frame\\
Q & \ucd{pos.lunar}& Lunar coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.lunar.occult}& Occultation by lunar limb\\
Q & \ucd{pos.nutation}& Nutation (of a body)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.outline}& Set of points outlining a region (contour)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.parallax}& Parallax\\
Q & \ucd{pos.parallax.dyn}& Dynamical parallax\\
Q & \ucd{pos.parallax.phot}& Photometric parallaxes\\
Q & \ucd{pos.parallax.spect}& Spectroscopic parallax\\
Q & \ucd{pos.parallax.trig}& Trigonometric parallax\\
Q & \ucd{pos.phaseAng}& Phase angle, e.g. elongation of earth from sun as seen from a third celestial object\\
V & \ucd{pos.pm}& Proper motion\\
Q & \ucd{pos.posAng}& Position angle of a given vector\\
V & \ucd{pos.precess}& Precession (in equatorial coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.projection}& 2D spatial projection\\
Q & \ucd{pos.resolution}& Spatial linear resolution (not angular)\\
S & \ucd{pos.spherical}& Related to spherical coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.azi}& Azimuthal angle (spherical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.colat}& Polar or Colatitude angle (spherical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.r}& Radial distance or radius (spherical coordinates)\\
S & \ucd{pos.supergalactic}& Supergalactic coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.supergalactic.lat}& Latitude in supergalactic coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.supergalactic.lon}& Longitude in supergalactic coordinates\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs}& WCS keywords\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.cdmatrix}& WCS CDMATRIX\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.crpix}& WCS CRPIX\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.crval}& WCS CRVAL\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.ctype}& WCS CTYPE\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.naxes}& WCS NAXES\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.naxis}& WCS NAXIS\\
P & \ucd{pos.wcs.scale}& WCS scale or scale of an image\\
Q & \ucd{spect}& Spectroscopy\\
Q & \ucd{spect.binSize}& Spectral bin size\\
S & \ucd{spect.continuum}& Continuum spectrum\\
Q & \ucd{spect.dopplerParam}& Doppler parameter b\\
E & \ucd{spect.dopplerVeloc}& Radial velocity, derived from the shift of some spectral feature\\
E & \ucd{spect.dopplerVeloc.opt}& Radial velocity derived from a wavelength shift using the optical convention\\
E & \ucd{spect.dopplerVeloc.radio}& Radial velocity derived from a frequency shift using the radio convention\\
E & \ucd{spect.index}& Spectral index\\
S & \ucd{spect.line}& Spectral line\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.asymmetry}& Line asymmetry\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.broad}& Spectral line broadening\\
Q & \ucd{spect.line.broad.Stark}& Stark line broadening coefficient\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.broad.Zeeman}& Zeeman broadening\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.eqWidth}& Line equivalent width\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.intensity}& Line intensity\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.profile}& Line profile\\
Q & \ucd{spect.line.strength}& Spectral line strength S\\
E & \ucd{spect.line.width}& Spectral line full width half maximum\\
Q & \ucd{spect.resolution}& Spectral (or velocity) resolution\\
S & \ucd{src}& Observed source viewed on the sky\\
S & \ucd{src.calib}& Calibration source\\
S & \ucd{src.calib.guideStar}& Guide star\\
Q & \ucd{src.class}& Source classification (star, galaxy, cluster, comet, asteroid )\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.color}& Color classification\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.distance}& Distance class e.g. Abell\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.luminosity}& Luminosity class\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.richness}& Richness class e.g. Abell\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.starGalaxy}& Star/galaxy discriminator, stellarity index\\
Q & \ucd{src.class.struct}& Structure classification e.g. Bautz-Morgan\\
Q & \ucd{src.density}& Density of sources\\
Q & \ucd{src.ellipticity}& Source ellipticity\\
Q & \ucd{src.impactParam}& Impact parameter\\
Q & \ucd{src.morph}& Morphology structure\\
Q & \ucd{src.morph.param}& Morphological parameter\\
Q & \ucd{src.morph.scLength}& Scale length for a galactic component (disc or bulge)\\
Q & \ucd{src.morph.type}& Hubble morphological type (galaxies)\\
S & \ucd{src.net}& Qualifier indicating that a quantity (e.g. flux) is background subtracted rather than total\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital}& Orbital parameters\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.eccentricity}& Orbit eccentricity\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.inclination}& Orbit inclination\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.meanAnomaly}& Orbit mean anomaly\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.meanMotion}& Mean motion\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.node}& Ascending node\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.periastron}& Periastron\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.Tisserand}& Tisserand parameter (generic)\\
Q & \ucd{src.orbital.TissJ}& Tisserand parameter with respect to Jupiter\\
Q & \ucd{src.redshift}& Redshift\\
Q & \ucd{src.redshift.phot}& Photometric redshift\\
Q & \ucd{src.sample}& Sample\\
Q & \ucd{src.spType}& Spectral type MK\\
Q & \ucd{src.var}& Variability of source\\
E & \ucd{src.var.amplitude}& Amplitude of variation\\
Q & \ucd{src.var.index}& Variability index\\
Q & \ucd{src.var.pulse}& Pulse\\
Q & \ucd{stat}& Statistical parameters\\
Q & \ucd{stat.asymmetry}& Measure of asymmetry\\
P & \ucd{stat.confidenceLevel}& Level of confidence for a detection or classification process\\
P & \ucd{stat.correlation}& Correlation between two parameters\\
P & \ucd{stat.covariance}& Covariance between two parameters\\
P & \ucd{stat.error}& Statistical error\\
P & \ucd{stat.error.sys}& Systematic error\\
Q & \ucd{stat.falsePositive}& Rate of false alarm in detection problems\\
Q & \ucd{stat.falseNegative}& Rate of missed or false negative detection\\
Q & \ucd{stat.filling}& Filling factor (volume, time, ...)\\
Q & \ucd{stat.fit}& Fit\\
P & \ucd{stat.fit.chi2}& Chi2\\
P & \ucd{stat.fit.dof}& Degrees of freedom\\
P & \ucd{stat.fit.goodness}& Goodness or significance of fit\\
S & \ucd{stat.fit.omc}& Observed minus computed\\
Q & \ucd{stat.fit.param}& Parameter of fit\\
P & \ucd{stat.fit.residual}& Residual fit\\
Q & \ucd{stat.Fourier}& Fourier coefficient\\
Q & \ucd{stat.Fourier.amplitude}& Amplitude of Fourier coefficient\\
S & \ucd{stat.fwhm}& Full width at half maximum\\
S & \ucd{stat.interval}& Generic interval between two limits (defined as a pair of values)\\
P & \ucd{stat.kurtosis}& Kurtosis of a probability distribution (Fourth moment)\\
P & \ucd{stat.likelihood}& Likelihood\\
P & \ucd{stat.mad}& Median absolute deviation from median value in a univariate data sample\\
S & \ucd{stat.max}& Maximum or upper limit\\
S & \ucd{stat.mean}& Mean, average value\\
S & \ucd{stat.median}& Median value\\
S & \ucd{stat.min}& Minimum or lowest limit\\
Q & \ucd{stat.param}& Parameter\\
Q & \ucd{stat.percentile}& Percentile of a statistical distribution\\
Q & \ucd{stat.probability}& Probability\\
P & \ucd{stat.rank}& Rank or order in list of sorted values\\
P & \ucd{stat.rms}& Root mean square as square root of sum of squared values or quadratic mean\\
P & \ucd{stat.skewness}& Skewness of a probability distribution (third moment)\\
P & \ucd{stat.snr}& Signal to noise ratio\\
Q & \ucd{stat.stdev}& Standard deviation as the square root of the variance\\
S & \ucd{stat.uncalib}& Qualifier of a generic uncalibrated quantity\\
Q & \ucd{stat.value}& Miscellaneous value\\
P & \ucd{stat.variance}& Variance\\
P & \ucd{stat.weight}& Statistical weight\\
Q & \ucd{time}& Time, generic quantity in units of time or date\\
Q & \ucd{time.age}& Age\\
Q & \ucd{time.creation}& Creation time/date (of dataset, file, catalogue,...)\\
Q & \ucd{time.crossing}& Crossing time\\
Q & \ucd{time.duration}& Interval of time describing the duration of a generic event or phenomenon\\
Q & \ucd{time.end}& End time/date of a generic event\\
Q & \ucd{time.epoch}& Instant of time related to a generic event (epoch, date, Julian date, time stamp/tag,...)\\
Q & \ucd{time.equinox}& Equinox\\
Q & \ucd{time.interval}& Time interval, time-bin, time elapsed between two events, not the duration of an event\\
Q & \ucd{time.lifetime}& Lifetime\\
Q & \ucd{time.period}& Period, interval of time between the recurrence of phases in a periodic phenomenon\\
Q & \ucd{time.period.pulsation}& Period of pulsation or oscillation of a body or a phenomenon\\
Q & \ucd{time.period.revolution}& Period of revolution of a body around a primary one (similar to year)\\
Q & \ucd{time.period.rotation}& Period of rotation of a body around its axis (similar to day)\\
Q & \ucd{time.phase}& Phase, position within a period\\
Q & \ucd{time.processing}& A time/date associated with the processing of data\\
Q & \ucd{time.publiYear}& Publication year\\
Q & \ucd{time.relax}& Relaxation time\\
Q & \ucd{time.release}& The time/date data is available to the public\\
Q & \ucd{time.resolution}& Time resolution\\
Q & \ucd{time.scale}& Timescale\\
Q & \ucd{time.start}& Start time/date of generic event\\
% /GENERATED
\sptablerule
%\end{tabular}
%\caption{List of UCD words}
\label{table:ucd-list}
\end{longtable}
\appendix
\section{Definition of atoms and words}
\subsection{Definition of atoms}
Atoms are defined following these guidelines:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Abbreviations are used in contexts where their meaning is unambiguous. ({\bf ra}, {\bf dec} are
acceptable, but {\bf t} is ambiguous: {\bf time} and {\bf temperature} are used instead.)
\item Atoms are not hyphenated. The separation is marked by a capital letter to help readability
(position angle = {\bf posAng}) unless the composed word has a well- known acronym (signal to noise ratio =
{\bf snr}) or short form (standard deviation = {\bf stdev}). There are only two exceptions to this rule:
(i) the X-ray band ({\bf em.X-ray}) and (ii) the frequency / wavelength intervals defining regions of the
e.m.~spectrum (e.g., {\bf em.radio.3-6GHz}).
\end{enumerate}
\subsection{Definition of words}
\label{sec:words}
The list of UCD1+ words is evolving following the requirements of new datasets distributed in the
IVOA ecosystem. The last iteration on the list included new terms for planetary data and was
published in an IVOA REC specification \citep{2018ivoa.spec.0527P}.
It is maintained following advice from a UCD Scientific Board, and published as an Endorsed Note
from version 1.4 onwards following the procedure recommended in \citep{2019ivoa.spec.1007G}.
\section{The structure of the UCD1+ tree}
All existing UCD1+ words are grouped into 12 main categories. These categories are expressed by the
first atom of the word, whose possible values are:
\begin{enumerate}
\item {\bf arith} (arithmetics)\\ This section includes concepts involving or indicating some
mathematical operation performed on the primary `concept' or just the presence of an arithmetic
factor or operator.
\item {\bf em} (electromagnetic spectrum)\\ This section describes the electromagnetic spectrum,
either in a monochromatic way or in predefined intervals. The complete list of proposed bands (in
seven classical regions of the electromagnetic spectrum: radio, millimetre, infrared, optical,
ultraviolet, x-ray and gamma- ray), can be found in the document
\url{https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/IvoaUCD/NoteEMSpectrum-20040520.html}
\item {\bf instr} (instrument)\\ This section includes all quantities related to astronomical
instrumentation, e.g. detectors (plates, CCDs, etc.), spectrographs, and telescopes (including
observatories or missions), etc.
\item {\bf meta} (metadata)\\ This section includes all the information that is not coming directly
from a measurement, and information that could not be included in other sections.
\item {\bf obs} (observation)\\ In principle under this section should go all words describing an
observation (the name of the observer or PI, the observing conditions, the name of the field). In
practice, this section helps to identify concepts related to an observation process.
\item {\bf phot} (photometry)\\ All the words describing photometric measures are included in this
section. The definitions distinguish between a flux density (flux per unit frequency interval), a
flux density integrated over a given electromagnetic spectrum interval (flux if expressed linearly,
mag if expressed by a log), or a flux expressed in counts/s (if the setup of the detector is photon
counting observing mode). `Colors', which are differences of magnitudes (i.e. ratios of fluxes)
measured in different bandpasses, are also included.
\item {\bf phys} (physics)\\ This section includes atomic and molecular data (mainly used for
spectroscopy) and basic physical quantities (temperature, mass, gravity, luminosity, etc.)
\item {\bf pos} (positional data)\\ This section describes all quantities related to the position of
an object on the sky, or on a celestial body:
\begin{itemize}
\item Angular coordinates, and projections from spherical to rectangular systems.
\item Angular measurements in general (the angular size of an object is in this section, its linear
size is in the {\bf phys} section).
\item The World Coordinate System FITS keywords.
\end{itemize}
\item {\bf spect} (spectral data)\\ For historical reasons, photometric data taken in narrow spectral
bands with instruments called spectrographs are classified as spectroscopic data ({\bf spect}). These
definitions should not be confused with those in the {\bf em} category: {\bf em} represents the independent
variable, or dispersion axis; whereas {\bf phot} and {\bf spect} describe dependent variables, like a
flux density under the {\bf phot} branch, or a spectral line intensity in the {\bf spect} branch.
\item {\bf src} (source)\\ This is a rather generic section, mainly devoted to source classifications.
Variability, orbital, and velocity data are also included in this section.
\item {\bf stat} (statistics)\\ This section includes statistical information on measurements.
\item {\bf time} (time)\\ Quantities related to time (age, date, period, etc.) are described in this
section.
\end{enumerate}
\section{Combining UCD words}
\subsection{Goal}
Since their definition UCDs have been used in major catalogue archives, in the definition of various
VO protocols (SSA, SIAv2, SLAP, TAP ObsTAP, EPN-TAP, etc.) and used with success to provide semantic
annotation for a huge collection of table columns distributed in the astronomical community.
The list of terms has increased and the usage of UCD combination has become very common. This leads
to a richer set of rules in the assigning and checking tools developed at CDS with VO partners.
In order to keep the consistency in the UCD thesaurus, each rule is adjusted and weighted considering
the physical usage of the quantities represented in table columns, so the pertinence increases with
the context. Initially used for source catalogues (Vizier, Heasarc archives, etc.) in the first place,
they are now also used in VOTable documents for planetary data \citep{2022ivoa.spec.0822E} and all sorts of metadata.
\subsection{Remarks on combination rules}
The combination rules have been defined in the first IVOA documents defining UCD concept
\citep{2005ivoa.spec.0819D} and refined in the last UCD1+ standard recommendation \citep{2018ivoa.spec.0527P}.
They are exposed with a syntax tag given as a property of each UCD word
and included in the list of UCD words. See Section \ref{sec:list} with the tags definitions on top.
They correspond to real usage of the terms in science publications and are
assigned to catalogue columns by experienced data scientists.
UCD combination also reflects the catalogues
build-up strategy. Errors and statistics, for instance, are provided with measurement values; measures
and model comparison are evaluated with error fits, precision, etc. All the scientific knowledge helps
to define appropriate UCD words combination.
The assigning tool proposed at \url{http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/UCD/cgi-bin/descr2ucd} is based on the
pragmatic encoding of physical quantities found in science papers and data attached to publications.
\section{Current questions about combinations of UCDs}
\subsection{How do UCDs differ from structured descriptions?}
UCDs do not provide a structured representation of table content but the meaning or relative class
concept known at the time for the astronomical speciality. Therefore, the structure of words and
their rules for combination do not follow any object oriented paradigm, in contradiction to any
reference to a data model item (Utype, VO-DML type /role definition), which are dependent of a
defined and endorsed IVOA data model specification.
\subsection{P or S syntax code: Which is the most pertinent position for a UCD word?}
P, S and Q are the labels expressing in which position of a UCD expression a term can be used, P
in first place, S as suffix, and Q in both allowed position: head and tail. The UCD list defines
the recommended position for each word with some flexibility.
P is always what matters the most to describe a quantity, i.e., the kind of property that should be
searched for in primary order, and the most relevant UCD words to represent a quantity.
S is the code for the qualifying part of the UCD, the secondary information appended to specify
the first UCD term.
%All the codes are explained and given in the list of UCD terms in Appendix A.
Examples:
\begin{itemize}
\item Give me all columns / all catalogues with a column having a magnitude in R: {\tt magnitude}
is the primary concept and band R is the secondary concept, so the ucd to search for is
{\tt phot.mag;em.opt.R}.
\item Give me all columns with an error on magnitude B: here we shall use a query with ucd
equals to {\tt stat.error;phot.mag;em.opt.B}. Here the main concept attached to the column
value is error, qualified by {\tt phot.mag}, itself qualified by {\tt em.opt.B}.
\end{itemize}
Concatenation can apply more than one time, depending on ordering rules. See \citet{2005ivoa.spec.0819D}, section 3.3,
for other details.
\section{Associated Files}
This document comes with two plain text files:
\texttt{ucd-list.txt}\footnote{\auxiliaryurl{ucd-list.txt}} and
\texttt{ucd-list-deprecated.txt}\footnote{\auxiliaryurl{ucd-list-deprecated.txt}}.
Their content is described below.
To simplify the distribution of these files with common software
products, they are distributed under the Creative Commons CC0 public
domain dedication.\footnote{\url{http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/}}
\subsection{UCD List file}
The \texttt{ucd-list.txt} file is a plain text formatted table with three columns.
It is the source file of Table \ref{table:ucd-list}. It contains all UCD terms validated
for this version of this IVOA Note.
The columns are separated by \texttt{|} (pipe) characters. From left to right, the
columns contain, respectively, the \emph{positional syntax code}, the \emph{UCD word}, and its
\emph{standard definition}.
\subsection{Deprecated UCD List file}
The \texttt{ucd-list-deprecated.txt} file is a plain text formatted table with two
columns separated by a whitespace character. The first column contains the deprecated
UCD words, while the second contains the UCD term that should be used instead.
\subsection{Comments in file}
Comment lines are starting with a \texttt{\#} (hash) character.
\subsection{Version tags in companion lists of terms: ucd-list.txt and ucd-list-deprecated.txt}
The first line of each of these files is a comment line containing the UCDList version
tag following the pattern
\verb|#$DOCTYPE-$DOCNAME-v$DOCVERSION-$DOCDATE|, where the
variable names are taken from the Makefile defined by ivoatex \citep{ivoatexDoc}. For a
pre-release list, such a first line might look like
\verb|#PEN-UCDlist-v1.5-20220706|.
Solely the lists with version starting by \texttt{EN-UCDList} are valid reference for UCD
terms or deprecated terms. They correspond to the Endorsed Note at the final step of the
update cycle. Others are only work-in-progress and are only intended
for review. They should, in particular, not be distributed with
external software products.
\section{Changes from previous versions}
\subsection{Changes from UCDList EN v1.5 following RFM}
\subsubsection*{Additions}
\begin{itemize}
\item meta.coverage
\item time.period.pulsation
\item stat.confidenceLevel
\item stat.falseNegative
\item stat.falsePositive
\item phys.inspiralSpin
\item phys.voltage
\end{itemize}
Atmospheric measures at the telescope site :
\begin{itemize}
\item obs.atmos.humidity
\item obs.atmos.rain
\item obs.atmos.turbulence
\item obs.atmos.turbulence.isoplanatic
\item obs.atmos.water
\item obs.atmos.wind
\item phys.temperature.dew
\end{itemize}
\subsubsection*{Amendment}
Change position tag of stat.stdev to Q in order to combine it to stat.confidenceLevel, for instance
\subsubsection*{Deletion}
Deprecate term \emph{pos.lambert} (appearing in one table only) and propose \emph{pos.projection} instead.
In the future setting up a VO vocabulary to record projection names and identifiers together with the associated
parameters if needed, as defined in the Calabreta and Greisen FITS Paper \citep{2002A&A...395.1077C} on table 13.
\subsection{Changes from UCDList EN v1.4 following RFM}
\subsubsection*{Additions}
\ucd{stat.skewness}, \ucd{stat.kurtosis},\ucd{stat.mad} \\
\ucd{stat.percentile} \\
\ucd{meta.ref.pid}, \ucd{meta.ref.epic}, \ucd{meta.ref.rorid}, \ucd{meta.ref.orcid} \\
\subsubsection*{Amendment}
\begin{itemize}
\item Amending \ucd{meta.curation} changed to Q to allow combination as secondary term.
The former usage \ucd{meta.curation} for the id or name of a curator is
discouraged. \ucd{meta.id;meta.curation} is recommended instead.
\item Amending \ucd{instr.fov} description with ``related to'' to make
it work better as an S atom.
\end{itemize}
\subsubsection*{Associated lists}
Added version tags in associated list files: ucd-list.txt and ucd-list-deprecated.txt.
\subsection{Changes from REC v1.3 following RFM}
The document title has been updated and the document sections have been reorganised to focus on
the list of terms, moving UCD1+ standard reminders to Appendix sections.
The modifications decided during the UCD1+ list v1.3
RFM\footnote{\url{https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/UCDList_1-3_RFM}} process are presented below.
%\subsubsection*{Deletion}
%\subsubsection*{Amendment}
\subsubsection*{Additions}
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
Q & \ucd{phys.electCharge}& Electric charge\\
Q & \ucd{phys.current}& Electric current\\
Q & \ucd{phys.current.density}& Electric current density\\
Q & \ucd{pos.incidenceAng}& Incidence angle of optical ray on an interface\\
Q & \ucd{pos.emergenceAng}& Emergence angle of optical ray on an interface\\
Q & \ucd{pos.azimuth}& azimuthal angle in a generic reference plane\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance}& Radiance factor (received radiance divided by input radiance)\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.bidirectional}& Bidirectional reflectance\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.bidirectional.df}& Bidirectional reflectance distribution function\\
Q & \ucd{phys.reflectance.factor}& Reflectance normalized per direction cosine of incidence angle\\
S & \ucd{pos.cylindrical}& Related to cylindrical coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.r}& Radial distance from z-axis (cylindrical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.azi}& Azimuthal angle around z-axis (cylindrical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.cylindrical.z}& Height or altitude from reference plane (cylindrical coordinates)\\
S & \ucd{pos.spherical}& Related to spherical coordinates\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.r}& Radial distance or radius (spherical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.colat}& Polar or Colatitude angle (spherical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.spherical.azi}& Azimuthal angle (spherical coordinates)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.resolution}& Spatial linear resolution (not angular)\\
S & \ucd{pos.bodycentric}& Body-centric related coordinate\\
S & \ucd{pos.bodygraphic}& Body-graphic related coordinate\\
Q & \ucd{meta.checksum}& Numerical signature of digital data\\
Q & \ucd{phys.polarization.coherency}& Matrix of the correlation between components of an electromagnetic wave\\
\sptablerule
\end{longtable}
\subsubsection*{Clarification}
%text improvement
Clarified position rules for syntax code E, C, V in Section \ref{sec:list}.
\subsection{Changes from PR v1.3-2018 following TCG comments}
\subsubsection*{Update of definitions}
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
Q & \ucd{meta.query}& A query posed to an information system or database or a property of it\\
\sptablerule
\end{longtable}
\subsubsection*{Changes of position indicator}
Was
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
Q & \ucd{phys.atmol.collisional}& Related to collisions\\
Q & \ucd{phys.virial}& Related to virial quantities (mass, radius,..)\\
\sptablerule
\end{longtable}
Changed to S to conform to the ``Related to'' definition and the usage of this UCD, mostly appearing as suffix.
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
S & \ucd{phys.atmol.collisional}& Related to collisions\\
S & \ucd{phys.virial}& Related to virial quantities (mass, radius,..)\\
\sptablerule
\end{longtable}
\subsection{Changes from WD v1.3-20160719}
Added section 3 Remarks on combination rules for UCD words.
\subsubsection*{New terms}
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
P & \ucd{meta.ref.doi}& DOI identifier (dereferenceable)\\
\sptablerule
\end{longtable}
\subsection{Changes from WD v1.23-20160719}
\subsubsection*{Additions}
\footnotesize\begin{longtable}[h!]{c|D{0.23\textwidth}|D{0.67\textwidth}}
\sptablerule
S & \ucd{arith.squared}& Squared quantity\\
S & \ucd{arith.sum}& Summed or integrated quantity\\
S & \ucd{arith.variation}& Generic variation of a quantity\\
S & \ucd{instr.voxel}& Related to a voxel ( n-D volume element with n>2)\\
Q & \ucd{pos.outline}& Set of points outlining a region (contour)\\