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Paper: TAP usage in SIMBAD
Volume: 495, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIV (ADASS XXIV)
Page: 429
Authors: Anaïs, O.; Gregory, M.; Marc, W.
Abstract: TAP (Table Access Protocol promoted by IVOA) is available on SIMBAD web site since July 2012. We will have a look of all kinds of uses and try to figure out how people use it in SIMBAD. Thanks to ADQL (Astronomical Data Query Language), everyone can write their own query using criteria on all data available in the database. In the SIMBAD database, more than 30 tables are available. It can be rather difficult to write a complex query. We will see how many joins between tables are used, and how many fields are used in the queries. The SIMBAD usage is going to change thanks to this new feature, a new way to search in the database.
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