Stars, galaxies, nebulae, spacecraft, and planets each get a path through decades of daily images. A picture is ephemeral by design; the topic tree makes the archive referenceable. APOD shows that a small editorial structure can turn ‘one image a day’ into a durable public science library.
Original subject index: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-apod-built-a-daily-astronomy-archive-before-blogs-had-a-name/
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Original subject index: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-apod-built-a-daily-astronomy-archive-before-blogs-had-a-name/
#ancientweb #astronomy #sciencearchives #nasa
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