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Merging the Astrophysics and Planetary Science Information Systems
Conceptually exoplanet research has one foot in the discipline of
Astrophysics and the other foot in Planetary Science. Research strategies for
exoplanets will require efficient access to data and information from both
realms. Astrophysics has a sophisticated, well integrated, distributed
information system with archives and data centers which are interlinked with
the technical literature via the Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The
information system for Planetary Science does not have a central component
linking the literature with the observational and theoretical data. Here we
propose that the Committee on an Exoplanet Science Strategy recommend that this
linkage be built, with the ADS playing the role in Planetary Science which it
already plays in Astrophysics. This will require additional resources for the
ADS, and the Planetary Data System (PDS), as well as other international
collaboratorsComment: Whitepaper submitted to the Committee on an Exoplanet Science
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