Mapping of TAP_SCHEMA.columns.principal to SCS VERB
Walter Landry
wlandry at caltech.edu
Tue Oct 10 00:32:40 CEST 2017
Hi Everyone,
In the current TAP PR, TAP_SCHEMA.columns.principal is an integer. Is
the intention to make that map to the same meaning as SCS's VERB? It
seems that the meaning is somewhat inverted. So
SCS VERB TAP principal
1 2
2 1
3 0
If that is the case, should the meaning (and perhaps the actual
mapping) be put into the TAP PR? To be concrete, the wording could be
The "principal" number indicates the importance of a column. Clients
can use this hint to make some columns visible, for example by
selecting them by default in generating an ADQL query. A value of
'2' is for columns that the provider considers a bare minimum that
are useful in describing the returned objects. A value of '1' is
for columns that may be generally useful, but not always necessary.
A value of '0' is for columns that are probably only of use to
specialized audiences. These values correspond to VERB levels 1, 2,
and 3 in Simple Cone Search (Plante & Molinaro et al 2017).
Thanks,
Walter Landry
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