Hi Ed,
I don't want to get too metaphysical, but that is literally the discussion we're having - talking about talking about physical reality.
> It is a list of terms used by astronomers in astronomy and
> point_source is about as commonly used as they get (except for
> maybe "galaxy" and "star")
This project has turned into a mosh pit for any and all terms an astronomer might use. The VOEvent discussion about "concepts" started much more narrowly. A VOEvent packet is intended to describe an event on the celestial sphere (or on the disk of the Sun or other astro neighborhoods) with the intent of supporting a structured conversation involving hypotheses about assertions of inferences regarding the "true" nature of the objects and processes involved. The first part of that deals with ideas like "point sources". The second part involves things like "stars".
Rob Received on 2007-10-11Z01:56:23