Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases
The application described has been designed to create bibliographic entries in large databases with diverse sources automatically, which reduces both the frequency of mistakes and the workload for the administrators. This new system uniquely identifies each reference from its digital object identifi...
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| author | Frances M. Skinner Iouli E. Gordon Christian Hill Robert J. Hargreaves Kelly E. Lockhart Laurence S. Rothman |
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| description | The application described has been designed to create bibliographic entries in large databases with diverse sources automatically, which reduces both the frequency of mistakes and the workload for the administrators. This new system uniquely identifies each reference from its digital object identifier (DOI) and retrieves the corresponding bibliographic information from any of several online services, including the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data Systems (ADS) and CrossRef APIs. Once parsed into a relational database, the software is able to produce bibliographies in any of several formats, including HTML and BibTeX, for use on websites or printed articles. The application is provided free-of-charge for general use by any scientific database. The power of this application is demonstrated when used to populate reference data for the HITRAN and AMBDAS databases as test cases. HITRAN contains data that is provided by researchers and collaborators throughout the spectroscopic community. These contributors are accredited for their contributions through the bibliography produced alongside the data returned by an online search in HITRAN. Prior to the work presented here, HITRAN and AMBDAS created these bibliographies manually, which is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone process. The complete code for the new referencing system can be found on the HITRAN<i>online</i> GitHub website. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d80172c8a3f74b81952e583b7cb623ce2023-11-19T23:05:52ZengMDPI AGAtoms2218-20042020-04-01821610.3390/atoms8020016Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS DatabasesFrances M. Skinner0Iouli E. Gordon1Christian Hill2Robert J. Hargreaves3Kelly E. Lockhart4Laurence S. Rothman5Atomic and Molecular Physics, Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAAtomic and Molecular Physics, Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USANuclear Data Section, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 100, A-1400 Vienna, AustriaAtomic and Molecular Physics, Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAThe SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS), Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAAtomic and Molecular Physics, Center for Astrophysics|Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAThe application described has been designed to create bibliographic entries in large databases with diverse sources automatically, which reduces both the frequency of mistakes and the workload for the administrators. This new system uniquely identifies each reference from its digital object identifier (DOI) and retrieves the corresponding bibliographic information from any of several online services, including the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data Systems (ADS) and CrossRef APIs. Once parsed into a relational database, the software is able to produce bibliographies in any of several formats, including HTML and BibTeX, for use on websites or printed articles. The application is provided free-of-charge for general use by any scientific database. The power of this application is demonstrated when used to populate reference data for the HITRAN and AMBDAS databases as test cases. HITRAN contains data that is provided by researchers and collaborators throughout the spectroscopic community. These contributors are accredited for their contributions through the bibliography produced alongside the data returned by an online search in HITRAN. Prior to the work presented here, HITRAN and AMBDAS created these bibliographies manually, which is a tedious, time-consuming and error-prone process. The complete code for the new referencing system can be found on the HITRAN<i>online</i> GitHub website.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/8/2/16HITRANdatabasebibliographycitationreference |
| spellingShingle | Frances M. Skinner Iouli E. Gordon Christian Hill Robert J. Hargreaves Kelly E. Lockhart Laurence S. Rothman Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases Atoms HITRAN database bibliography citation reference |
| title | Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases |
| title_full | Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases |
| title_fullStr | Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases |
| title_short | Referencing Sources of Molecular Spectroscopic Data in the Era of Data Science: Application to the HITRAN and AMBDAS Databases |
| title_sort | referencing sources of molecular spectroscopic data in the era of data science application to the hitran and ambdas databases |
| topic | HITRAN database bibliography citation reference |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-2004/8/2/16 |
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