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diff --git a/astro/p5-Astro-ADS/pkg-descr b/astro/p5-Astro-ADS/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3cec38c835bd --- /dev/null +++ b/astro/p5-Astro-ADS/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The Astro::ADS module is an objected orientated Perl interface to the +Astrophysics Data System (ADS) abstract service. The ADS is a NASA-funded +project whose main resource is an Abstract Service, which includes four sets +of abstracts: + 1) astronomy and astrophysics, containing 719,449 abstracts; + 2) instrumentation, containing 608,834 abstracts; + 3) physics and geophysics, containing 1,079,814 abstracts; and + 4) Los Alamos preprint server, containing 4,104 abstracts. +Each dataset can be searched by author, object name (astronomy only), title, +or abstract text words. |