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Glossary of WSA attributes
This Glossary alphabetically lists all attributes used in the SSA database(s) held in the WSA. If you would like to have more information about the schema tables please use the SSA Schema Browser (other Browser versions).

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Name	Schema Table	Database	Description	Type	Length	Unit	Default Value	Unified Content Descriptor
objID	Detection	SSA	Unique object identification number	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objID	JunkDetection	SSA	Unique object identification number from Detection	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objID	Source	SSA	Unique identifier of merged source	bigint	8			ID_MAIN
objIDB	Source	SSA	objID for B band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDI	Source	SSA	objID for I band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDR1	Source	SSA	objID for R1 band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objIDR2	Source	SSA	objID for R2 band detection merged into this object	bigint	8		0	ID_ASSOCIATED
objNum	Plate	SSA	No. of objects detected on plate	int	4			NUMBER
obsDecPnt	Plate	SSA	Observed plate centre Dec	float	8	radians		POS_EQ_DEC_MAIN
obsRaPnt	Plate	SSA	Observed plate centre RA	float	8	radians		POS_EQ_RA_MAIN
operator	Plate	SSA	Machine operator's username	varchar	3			ID_HUMAN
orientation	Plate	SSA	SuperCOSMOS plate orientation, eg. news	varchar	4			INST_PARAM
orientMean	Plate	SSA	Mean orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
orientMed	Plate	SSA	Median orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG
orientMode	Plate	SSA	Modal orientation in IAM file	real	4	degrees		POS_POS-ANG