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Add multi-element indicating verification or other supplemental methods #113

Open orome opened 10 years ago

orome commented 10 years ago

(I'm not an astronomer, so this may be a naive question.)

Should there be a way to indicate additional method used in verifying or adding significant data to a planet beyond the discovery/data provided by the value of discoverymethod? For example indicating 'RV' additionally for planets discovered using 'transit', but with confirmation and mass provided by radial velocity observations.

For example a supplementalmethod multiple element (as a child of planet) might do the trick.

hannorein commented 10 years ago

Not a stupid question at all. See the discussion at #31.

orome commented 10 years ago

Wow, that's an issue that can get complex pretty fast. I think it's important to have something that deals with the low hanging fruit (things that are likely to matter to less sophisticated users like me, e.g., #114) in a simple way, but that can evolve to accommodate the more complex (and scholarly issues).