Unified Astronomy Thesaurus

The Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) is an open, interoperable and community-supported thesaurus that unifies the existing Astronomy & Astrophysics thesauri into a single, freely-available open thesaurus for astronomical objects and concepts. These files introduce the UAT and describe the unique combination of conditions that lead to its development, as well as the people, organizations and tools involved in its construction. Because astronomy and astrophysics are fast-moving fields (terms such as 'exoplanets' and 'dark energy' were relatively unknown 10 years ago), the poster will also describe the ways tha t the UAT will leverage expertise from astronomers, physicists and librarians to keep the thesaurus both current and accurate. One of the primary drivers behind the creation of the UAT is the wish to support semantic enrichment of astronomy literature and databases. We anticipate it will be used as a common language across publishers and platforms, to connect articles and data sets. We also hope this unified vocabulary will inspire a new range of cross-silo data sharing. The UAT began as a collaboration between the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and Institute of Physics (IOP), which dona ted their collection astronomy of terms to the AAS. SPIE has also donated their astronomy terms towards the effort. Our plans include providing a community-supported mechanism for reviewing, discussing, and evaluating the continuous evolution of terminology in astronomy and astrophysics. See http://astrothesaurus.org/ for more information.

统一天文学叙词表（Unified Astronomy Thesaurus，UAT）是一款开放、可互操作且由社区支持的叙词表，它将现有的天文学与天体物理学叙词库整合为单一、可免费获取的开放叙词表，用于规范天文天体及相关概念的表述。本文件旨在介绍UAT，阐述推动其研发的独特背景条件，以及参与其构建的人员、组织与工具。鉴于天文学与天体物理学属于快速发展的领域——诸如“系外行星”与“暗能量”这类术语在十年前还相对鲜为人知——本次介绍还将说明UAT将如何借助天文学家、物理学家与图书馆员的专业知识，以确保该叙词表始终保持时效性与准确性。创建UAT的核心动因之一，是为了支撑天文文献与数据库的语义丰富化工作。我们预计它将作为出版商与各平台间的通用语言，用于关联各类学术文章与数据集。此外，我们也期望这一统一词汇体系能够催生跨壁垒的数据共享新范式。UAT最初由美国物理学会（American Institute of Physics，AIP）与物理学会（Institute of Physics，IOP）合作发起，二者将各自的天文学术语馆藏捐赠予美国天文学会（AAS）。SPIE也为该项目捐赠了其天文学术语馆藏。我们的后续计划包括搭建由社区支持的机制，用于评审、讨论与评估天文与天体物理学领域术语的持续演进。更多相关信息可访问http://astrothesaurus.org/