SILKEN

Scientific Integration Layer for Knowledge, Exploration & Navigation

Discover sky data, work with catalogues and code, and connect reusable tools with astronomy jobs.

SILKEN brings sky visualization, catalogue discovery and crossmatching, cutouts, code, reusable tools and job results into one astronomy workspace. CoolHiPS provides its HiPS and HiPS3D sky layers, while connected science tools can supply specialized analysis.

Open SILKEN

Maturity

Beta

Access

CADC / CANFAR

CADC sign-in is requested only for protected operations.

Maintainers

Mike Cichonski

What it supports

Use cases

Sky and catalogue discovery
Crossmatching and cutouts
Reusable analysis tools
Headless jobs and results

Where it runs

Runtime homes

CANFAR Science PlatformCANFAR Harbor · CANFAR ARC · CANFAR VM

This portalMMP

GitHub / templateGitHub

Current development focuses on saved workspaces, reliable job progress and recovery, and tested handoffs to external analysis tools such as CARTA and Firefly. Hosted beta

Runtime, inputs & outputs

Distributions: Source repository
Runtime: not-applicable
Access: account-required
Inputs: Not specified
Outputs: Not specified

Names & abbreviations

ARC: Advanced Research Computing
CADC: Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
CANFAR: Canadian Advanced Network for Astronomical Research
CanDIAPL: Canadian Data Intensive Astrophysics Platform
HiPS: Hierarchical Progressive Surveys
HiPS3D: Hierarchical Progressive Surveys in Three Dimensions
MMP: Multi-Messenger Portal
VM: Virtual Machine

Connected work

Related science context

Connected astronomy tools and jobsMMPMMP, COMET and SILKEN connect CADC access, software publication, data discovery, reusable tools and durable science workflows.

POSSUM and VLASS pipeline operationsPOSSUM and VLASS processing, validation and pipeline control support reviewable radio-survey products.