Table information for 'ztf.taxonomy'

General

Table Description:

Taxonomy of ALeRCE classifiers and the set of class names they produce, used as a lookup to interpret probability and score tables.

This table is available for ADQL queries and through the TAP endpoint.

Resource Description:

Legacy ZTF astronomical catalog containing objects, detections, photometric measurements, classifications, and cross-matches from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) survey, as processed by the ALeRCE broker pipeline.

For a list of all services and tables belonging to this table's resource, see Information on resource 'ALeRCE ZTF Legacy Catalog'

Citing this table

To cite the table as such, we suggest the following BibTeX entry:

@MISC{vo:ztf_taxonomy,
  year=2026,
  title={{ZTF} Classifier Taxonomy},
  author={{ALeRCE} Team},
  url={http://tap.alerce.online/tableinfo/ztf.taxonomy},
  howpublished={{VO} resource provided by the {ALeRCE} {TAP} service}
}

Columns

Sorted alphabetically. [Sort by DB column index]

NameTable Head DescriptionUnitUCD
classes Classes Array of class names produced by this classifier N/A src.class
classifier_name Classifier_name Name of the classifier N/A meta.id;instr
classifier_version Classifier_version Version string of the classifier N/A meta.version

Columns that are parts of indices are marked like this.

VOResource

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