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<Organisation xmlns="https://metadata.pithia.eu/schemas/2.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd" xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco" xsi:schemaLocation="https://metadata.pithia.eu/schemas/2.2 https://metadata.pithia.eu/schemas/2.2/pithia.xsd">
<identifier>
<PITHIA_Identifier>
<localID>Organisation_ASTRON</localID>
<namespace>pithia</namespace>
<version>1</version>
<creationDate>2022-12-08T11:50:00Z</creationDate>
<lastModificationDate>2022-12-08T11:50:00Z</lastModificationDate>
</PITHIA_Identifier>
</identifier>
<name>the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy</name>
<contactInfo>
<CI_Contact xmlns="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd">
<phone>
<CI_Telephone><voice><gco:CharacterString/></voice> <!-- telephone -->
<facsimile><gco:CharacterString/></facsimile></CI_Telephone> <!-- fax -->
</phone>
<address>
<CI_Address>
<deliveryPoint><gco:CharacterString>Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4</gco:CharacterString></deliveryPoint> <!-- street name, number -->
<city><gco:CharacterString>Dwingeloo</gco:CharacterString></city>
<administrativeArea><gco:CharacterString>Drenthe</gco:CharacterString></administrativeArea>
<postalCode><gco:CharacterString>7991PD</gco:CharacterString></postalCode>
<country><gco:CharacterString>Netherlands</gco:CharacterString></country>
<electronicMailAddress><gco:CharacterString>info@astron.nl</gco:CharacterString></electronicMailAddress>
</CI_Address>
</address>
<onlineResource>
<CI_OnlineResource>
<linkage><URL>http://www.astron.nl</URL></linkage>
</CI_OnlineResource>
</onlineResource>
<hoursOfService><gco:CharacterString/></hoursOfService>
<contactInstructions><gco:CharacterString>Contact by email</gco:CharacterString></contactInstructions> <!-- Supplemental instructions on how or when to contact the individual. -->
</CI_Contact>
</contactInfo>
<shortName>ASTRON</shortName>
<description>Astron is the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and is part of the institutes organisation of NWO. Its primary mission is to make discoveries in radio astronomy happen. Astron operates the LOw Frequency Array (LOFAR).
</description>
</Organisation>