Re: citing IVOA standards

From: Colin Aspin <caa-at-ifa.hawaii.edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:44:20 -1000


HI Igor,

I've often referred to Starlink User Notes in refereed papers, for example,

Shortridge et al. (2002)

with the reference

\bibitem[Shortridge et al.(2002)]{} Shortridge, K., et al. 2002, FIGARO: A General Data Reduction System, Version 5.6-1 (Starlink User Note 86) (Hilo: JAC)

and not had troubles with the referees.

colin

On Jun 15, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Igor Chilingarian wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I already tried to raise this question during Victoria interop in
> 2006 and there was a short discussion that time, however with no
> real effect.
>
> There is NO normal way to refer to IVOA documents (recommendations,
> notes, etc.) in refereed papers / conference proceedings. Our
> documents don't have bibcodes, therefore they are not listed in ADS.
>
> Are there any plans to change this? Who should take care of this --
> DCP IG? When? I've noticed that usually there is no affiliations
> provided for the authors of IVOA documents.
>
> I would be happy if there's a quick solution. In the paper I'm
> writing right now there will be references to at least 4 IVOA
> standards (Rs and WDs) + 2 IVOA notes. I can't imagine what a
> referee will think when he/she sees the ``IVOA'' abbreviation for
> the first time in his life + all these references to the documents
> available only as HTTP URLs at some strange web-site (ivoa.net)
> without obvious links to major astronomical institutions.
>
> With best regards,
> Igor

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