Defines the public taxonomy used by the Persistent Signal Catalog, including the distinction between transient, persistent, and unresolved entries. The report emphasizes behavior over presumed source and documents the review threshold for public accession.
Frances Okafor; Naomi V. Ellison; Wen Li. "The Persistent Signal Catalog: behavioral classification of long-duration detections." FAL-TR-26-004. Technical Report. Fundamental Acoustics Laboratories, 2026. Docket PSC-CLASS-2026-A.
Cite the report ID and docket in correspondence. Do not infer that restricted appendices are public unless the access state says so.
Contents
- Behavioral taxonomy and reviewer responsibilities
- Minimum metadata for a public catalog entry
- False-alarm controls before Class III assignment
- Public language standards for unresolved detections
- public abstract
- contents index
- citation card
- related-record links
- abstract and contents are public
- figures, tables, and raw records may be restricted
- researchers should cite the docket when requesting review copies
Public abstract issued
Initial public abstract and contents index released with the current catalog standard.
Language review
Public language was reviewed against the behavioral-classification standard.