science.astro-colibri.alert.vo2

{
  "description": "Astro-COLIBRI alert with a VOEvent 2.0 XML document converted to JSON. See https://astro-colibri.science/apidoc#voevent_json for the XML-to-JSON format.",
  "key": "tid",
  "record": {
    "properties": {
      "alertType": {
        "description": "Event or source type used by Astro-COLIBRI. Includes transient classes, catalogue source classes, and tilepy observation tiles. Known values retain the spelling used by the filters and listeners; additional values are allowed.",
        "knownValues": [
          "burst",
          "frb",
          "grb",
          "grb_optical",
          "gw",
          "gw_optical",
          "neutrino",
          "nuem",
          "ot",
          "ot_other",
          "ot_sn",
          "star"
        ],
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "astroColibriID": {
        "description": "Unique event identifier assigned by Astro-COLIBRI. It identifies the same event across revisions and payload formats.",
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "broker": {
        "description": "Broker, classifier, or service that submitted the event. Known values come from the general filter, plus GCN and TNS as emitted by the listeners. An empty string means unspecified; additional brokers are allowed.",
        "knownValues": [
          "FLAAPLUC",
          "CBAT",
          "FINK",
          "ampel",
          "unistellar",
          "bhtom",
          "last",
          "GCN",
          "TNS"
        ],
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "createdAt": {
        "description": "Timestamp when this AT Protocol alert record was created, including a timezone (prefer UTC with a Z suffix). This is distinct from the event detection time in data.",
        "format": "datetime",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "data": {
        "description": "Full VOEvent 2.0 document converted to JSON with xmltodict.parse(xml, attr_prefix=\"\"), as returned by /voevent?json=1. Retain the root key (for example voe:VOEvent), namespace attributes, and Who, What, WhereWhen, How, Why, and Citations sections when present. XML attribute and text values remain strings; repeated elements may be arrays. The payload is intentionally open to preserve instrument-specific content.",
        "properties": {},
        "type": "object"
      },
      "important": {
        "description": "Whether this alert qualifies for the Astro-COLIBRI important stream. This is separate from the VOEvent Why.importance value.",
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      "instrument": {
        "description": "Instrument or analysis that detected or localized the event, when known. Additional instruments are allowed.",
        "knownValues": [
          "BAT",
          "BAT-GUANO",
          "ECLAIRs",
          "FXT",
          "GBM",
          "GBM-BALROG",
          "GRM",
          "GSC",
          "LAT",
          "LAT-FLaapLUC",
          "LEIA",
          "MXT",
          "UVOT",
          "VT",
          "WXT",
          "XRT"
        ],
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "observatory": {
        "description": "Discovery observatory, experiment, or source catalogue. Known values include filter labels and spellings emitted by the listeners; additional observatories are allowed.",
        "knownValues": [
          "AMON",
          "ASKAP",
          "ATCA",
          "ATLAS",
          "CHIME",
          "CHIMEFRB",
          "CRAFT",
          "Einstein Probe",
          "FAST",
          "GECAM",
          "HAWC",
          "IPN",
          "Integral",
          "LAST",
          "LOFAR",
          "LSST",
          "MASTER",
          "MAXI",
          "MWA",
          "MeerKAT",
          "Pan-STARRS",
          "Parkes",
          "Rubin",
          "UTMOST",
          "VLA",
          "ZTF"
        ],
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      },
      "triggerID": {
        "description": "Trigger identifier used by Astro-COLIBRI for the event, matching data.trigger_id in the native JSON payload.",
        "maxLength": 128,
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "alertType",
      "observatory",
      "broker",
      "triggerID",
      "astroColibriID",
      "data",
      "createdAt"
    ],
    "type": "object"
  },
  "type": "record"
}