The naming authority of a resource is generally the entity, agency, or organization that commissioned the creation of the resource. Very often, though not always, the entity that sponsored the creation of the resource, i.e., its funding agency, serves also as the naming authority of the resource. A naming authority is therefore the entity to which a resource described by a SPASE document (having a SPASE Resource ID and a DOI reference) is attributed. For this reason, naming authorities can be used conveniently to organize SPASE metadata.
In support of resource sharing, SPASE resource descriptions should be made publicly available and shared from a registry through either a repository or a service. The preferred method is a publicly accessible git repository. Convenient git hosting services include GitHub and (for self-hosting) GitLab. Each naming authority should correspond to a "Repository" of resources. The SPASE ID for this Repository must be "spase://{NA}/Repository/metadata" where {NA} is replaced with the naming authority name. For example, the NASA repository will have a Repository resource description with the SPASE Resource ID of:
Rules for Assigning a Naming Authority
The naming authority of a resource should be assigned at the highest, most appropriate level of entity to which the commissioning or origination of the resource can be attributed. For example, it could be at the national agency level like it is for the "NASA" naming authority. Or in the case of a conglomerate entity, it could be at the highest project level like it is for "IUGONET". The SPASE Group has devised an order of priority when assigning a naming authority, as follows:
- Major oversight/funding agency (CNES, ESA, JAXA, NASA, NOAA, NSF,…etc.) for resources from missions, observatories, instruments or investigations that fall well within an agency management;
- Agencies or organizations that jointly commissioned a resource with their acronyms listed in the order specified by the agencies in agreement and separated by hyphens;
- Overall long-term project name (e.g., ISWI, GONG, IUGONET, Nançay,…etc.) when an infrastructure-like project receives multiple sponsorships or has multiple partners that are separately funded.
- Instrument PI institution if none of the above applies.
- SMWG will continue to be the Naming Authority for Person resources.
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Authority Description ASWS Australian Space Weather Services
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Australian Space Weather Services (ASWS).
Website: http://www.sws.bom.gov.au/World_Data_Centre Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/ASWSCCMC Community Coordinated Modeling Center
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC).
Website: http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/CCMCCFA The Center for Astrophysics of Harvard & Smithsonian
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the The Center for Astrophysics of Harvard & Smithsonian (CFA).
Website: https://www.harvard.edu/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/CFACNES Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
Website: https://cnes.fr/en Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/CNESCSA Canadian Space Agency
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Website: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/CSACSSDP Canadian Space Science Data Portal
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Canadian Space Science Data Portal (CSSDP).
Website: http://www.cssdp.ca/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/CSSDPDLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).
Website: https://www.dlr.de/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/DLRDOD Department of Defense
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in the Department of Defense (DOD).
Website: https://www.dlr.de/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/DODESA European Space Agency
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the European Space Agency (ESA).
Website: http://www.esa.int/ESA Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/ESAFMI Finnish Meteorlogical Institute
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Finnish Meteorlogical Institute (FMI) Space and Earth Observation Centre.
Website: https://space.fmi.fi/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/FMIGBO Ground Based Observatories
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the ground based observatories (GBO).
Website: http://vspo.gsfc.nasa.gov Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/GBOGMU George Mason University
Assigns resource IDs for data available from George Mason University.
Website: http://solar.gmu.edu/heliophysics Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/GMUGONG Global Oscillation Network Group
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG).
Website: https://gong.nso.edu/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/GONGINAF Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica (INAF).
Website: http://www.inaf.it/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/INAFINSU Institut national des sciences de l'Univers
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU).
Website: https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/INSUIRF Swedish institute for space physics
Assigns resource IDs for data available from Swedish institute for space physics(IRF).
Website: https://www.irf.se/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/IRFISWI International Space Weather Initiative
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI).
Website: http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/ISWIIUGONET Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork (IUGONET).
Website: http://www.iugonet.org/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/IUGONETJAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Website: http://global.jaxa.jp/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/JAXAKASI Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI).
Website: https://www.kasi.re.kr/eng/index Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/KASIKSB-ROB Royal Observatory of Belgium
SPASE resource descriptions with Royal Observatory of Belgium naming authority.
Website: https://www.astro.oma.be/en Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/KSB-ROBNASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Assigns resource IDs for data generated through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Website: https://nasa.gov/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/NASANOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Assigns resource IDs for data registered in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data systems.
Website: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/NOAANSF National Science Foundation
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Website: https://www.nsf.gov/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/NSFNagoyaU Nagoya University
Nagoya University is a Japanese national university located in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan.
Website: https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/NagoyaUSMWG SPASE Metadata Working Group
The community location for entities such as persons, observatories, instruments, repositories, registries and services.
Website: http://www.spase-group.org/registry Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/SMWGUOULU University of Oulu
Assigns resource IDs for data available from the University of Oulu (UOULU).
Website: http://www.spase-group.org/registry Metadata Repository: https://github.com/hpde/UOULU -
Authority Description VEPO Virtual Energetic Particle Observatory (VEPO).
http://vepo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ViRBO Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory (ViRBO).
http://vmo.nasa.govVITMO Virtual Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere Observatory (VITMO).
http://vitmo.jhuapl.edu/VMO Virtual Magnetosphere Observatory (VMO).
http://vmo.nasa.govVSO Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO).
http://sdac.virtualsolar.org/VSPO Virtual Solar Physics (VSPO).
https://vspo.gsfc.nasa.gov/VWO Virtual Wave Observatory (VWO).
http://vwo.nasa.gov
List of naming authorities
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The following naming authorities are deprecated and should not be used when creating new resource desciprtions: