SkyMouse: A smart interface for astronomical on-line resources and services

	SkyMouse: A smart interface for astronomical on-line resources and services
	Cui ChenZhou 1; Sun HuaPing 1; Zhao YongHeng1 ; Luo Yu 1; Qi DaZhi 2
刊名	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
	2008-05-01
卷号	53 期号:10 页码:1479-1483
关键词	astronomical databases miscellaneous virtual observatory on-line resources and services
英文摘要	With the development of network and the World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet has been growing and changing dramatically. More and more on-line database systems and different kinds of services are available for astronomy research. How to help users find their way through the jungle of information services becomes an important challenge. Although astronomers have been aware of the importance of interoperability and introduced the concept of Virtual Observatory as a uniform environment for future astronomical on-line resources and services, transparent access to heterogeneous on-line information is still difficult. SkyMouse is a lightweight interface for distributed astronomical on-line resources and services, which is designed and developed by us, i.e., Chinese Virtual Observatory project. Taking advantage of screen word-capturing technology, different kinds of information systems can be queried through simple mouse actions, and results are returned in a uniform web page. SkyMouse is an easy to use application, aiming to show basic information or to create a comprehensive overview of a specific astronomical object. In this paper current status of on-line resources and services access is reviewed; system architecture, features and functions of SkyMouse are described; challenges for intelligent interface for on-line astronomical resources and services are discussed.
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000255985900004
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/7354]
专题	国家天文台_光学天文研究部
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 2.Tianjin Univ, Sch Comp Sci & Technol, Tianjin 300072, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cui ChenZhou,Sun HuaPing,Zhao YongHeng,et al. SkyMouse: A smart interface for astronomical on-line resources and services[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2008,53(10):1479-1483.
APA	Cui ChenZhou,Sun HuaPing,Zhao YongHeng,Luo Yu,&Qi DaZhi.(2008).SkyMouse: A smart interface for astronomical on-line resources and services.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,53(10),1479-1483.
MLA	Cui ChenZhou,et al."SkyMouse: A smart interface for astronomical on-line resources and services".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 53.10(2008):1479-1483.