Compilation, Critical Evaluation and Distribution of Stellar Data: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Colloquium No. 35, Held at Stra (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

I. Standards For The Presentation of Data.- 1. (Invited paper) Standards, management and security of astronomical data sets.- 2. Principles of a coded numbering system and its application to open clusters.- 3. Thoughts on the form of presentation of star catalogue data.- 4. A bibliography of astronomical catalogues and the organization of stellar designations.- 5. The catalogue of stellar identifications.- 6. Desiderata for the catalogue of nearby stars.- 7. A proposal for non-ambiguous designation of stars and stellar objects.- 8. The use of SI units in astronomy.- II. Acquisition and Processing Techniques.- 9. (Invited paper) The influence of acquisition techniques on the compilation of astronomical data.- 10. Data processing and analysis for space-based astronomy.- 11. The use of standardized data formats and with the Westerbork radio telescope.- 12. Data storage requirements in relation to radio interferometry observations.- 13. Ultraviolet photometry from the S2/68 observations in the TD1 satellite.- 14. The University of Texas catalog of and ultraviolet and optical stellar data.- III. The Critical Evaluation of Data Chairman, Dr. G.A. Wilkins.- 15. (Invited paper) The critical evaluation J.M. Mead and of stellar data.- 16. Critical evaluation of photometric data.- 17. Some thoughts on astronomical data files.- 18. Work on the general catalogue of P.N. Kholopov variable stars.- 19. A catalogue of photometric sequences Supplement no. 2.- 20.Catalogues of spectroscopic binaries.- 21. The Princeton-Pennsylvania-Florida card catalogue of eclipsing variables.- 22. Plans for a new edition of the bright and star catalogue.- IV. The Distribution of Data.- 23. (Invited paper) Data distribution.- 24. Retrieval techniques and graphics displays using a computerized stellar data base.- 25. A master list of non-stellar objects.- 26. Proposal for a data centre on galactic non-stellar objects.- 27. Main features of the stellar biblio-and F. Spite graphic file.- 28. The visual double star catalogues.- 29. Systematic differences in trigonometric, parallaxes from different observatories.- 30. The astronomical data systems group in Japan.- 31. Stellar data and computing facilities at the Pulkovo Observatory.- 32. Astronomical data files at the U.S. Naval Observatory: star catalogues, ephemerides, and observations.- V. Existing Facilities and Future Role of Data Centres.- 33. (Invited paper) Survey of existing facilities.- 34. Existing data centers and their future role.- 35. Third general catalogue of MK spectral classifications.- 36. The future role of data centres in astronomy.- 37. Astronomical data coordination: a perpetual task.- 38. Concluding remarks.- Report of Discussions.