This work provides a living catalog, collecting broad but key terms (and their definitions from various sources) associated with the disciplines of astronautics/spaceflight, space situational awareness (SSA), and space traffic management and coordination. It also provides a living analysis toward developing products and recommendations for the community, aiming for terminological harmonization, semantic interoperability, and ontology development (for the latter see this. The term catalog provides a listing of terms such as 'astronautics', 'spaceflight', 'orbital debris', 'ssa', 'stm', etc. Contact here.
- To provide a non-exhaustive catalog of key generic terms and their various definitions (to serve as a general reference).
- To examine and compare terms and those definitions.
- To identify inaccuracies and errors in existing terms and definitions found in the literature, particularly standards organization documents
- To recommend improvements or changes
- A semantic, conceptual and ontological analysis to help inform the development of knowledge modeling and terminological systems such as the authors ontologies for astronautics
- To offer a consistence, coherent, and accurate knowledge model or vocabulary, where desired.
- To help improve existing knowledge organization systems for space.
- In-progress, subject to revision, and no claims to completeness.
- Currently unfunded. As a personal project, donations, sponsors and formal work collaborations are welcome, needed and appreciated.
- It is a task in the author's Astronautical/Space Knowledge Modeling project, and related ontology/taxonomy projects by Robert Rovetto.
- Some content used in the AIAA Space Traffic Management Working Group Lexicon sub-group
- Some content used in International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Space Traffic Management Technical Committee.
- The file(s) is expected to be added to this repository (TBD), possibly when funding/formal support is attained.
- The working catalog (in Microsoft Excel) is presently located here
- Photo of catalog (MS Excel spreadsheet)
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- Co-lead lexicon topics in AIAA
- Commitee member, and SME on ontology in AIAA
- Member providing ontology input, Consultative Committee for Space Data Standards
- Drafted the co-authored terminology paper, and report, as committee member of groups in International Astronautical Federation
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