SSA-1.1

[Francois Ochsenbein (ext.52429)]

>
>Petr Skoda wrote :
>
>> So what I would suggest in TARGETNAME is to
>> 1) strip spaces befre and after string
>
>OK
>
>> 2) ignore case
>
>like Myron, I think that is a usually a bad idea.
>
>Simbad do that and it is difficult to find some stars with the web interface
>(you have to wrote a * before).
>
>If you ask with identifier "z Pub" (a Be star B3Vne) Simbad answers with
>V* Z Pup (a Mira type star M4e)
>If you ask "r Pup" (Be B1.5IIIe) Simbad returns V* R Pup (F9Ia)
>If you ask "z Her" (Be Bpshe) Simbad returns V* Z Her (F8V)
>etc ...

Yes Simbad makes several trials until an object is found, but
in cases like u Her and U Her, there is an ambiguity which depends
just on the case...

>In our Be database BeSS it is possible to decide to fold UPPER to LOWER when
>only "z Pub" is a Be Stars, but in general case it is not correct.
>
>B. de Batz
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