Xamin 1.1 Basic Features (bold indicates features not available in Browse)
Introduction to Xamin
- Position and time queries for HEASARC, Vizier and Virtual Observatory tables
- Equatorial, Galactic and Ecliptic coordinates independently for data input and output
- Discovery queries for all HEASARC tables or any selected subset.
- Hierarchical organizations of HEASARC resources by mission, wavelength regime, object class and name.
- Parameter queries of single tables and correlations
- User defined columns and constraints
- Aggregate function support (e.g., avg and stddev).
- Sorting by columns or functions
- Positional and non-positional correlations between two or more tables.
- Constraints spanning multiple tables
- Full correlation capabilities against non-HEASARC tables (may be limited to ~10K rows)
- Table discovery matching metadata keywords
- Integrated with standard interface
- Integrated browsing of table documentation
- Special correlations including anticorrelations, unions, and autocorrelations
- Easy comparison of query results
- Savable Plotting
- JPEG, GIF, EPS, PNG formats
- Complex samples
- Detailed plot control including size, markers, colors,...
- User defined axes and error bars
- Data products integrated with table results
- Data product shopping cart with concatenation of multiple queries
- WGET or Curl download scripts
- Quick look data browsing including full scale image comparison
- Access to VO image and spectra products
- Faster queries and immediate data downloads
- User accounts allowing
- Uploading persistent user tables
- Saving query results as tables
- Correlations between user and non-user tables
- Saving and reusing queries
- Multiple accounts
- Easy account creation
- Single box interface that supports discovery, single table, and correlation queries
- Batch interface that allows scripting of single table or correlation queries.
- Extraction of data products
- Plot scripting
- Automated checks for new observations, or any change to existing HEASARC tables including matches against lists of targets
- Complete portability including use of open source database
- All interfaces integrated into common framework
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