International Virtual Observatory Alliance Posts Updated Standards
Keith’s note: The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) has recently release a large number of standards designed to structure the creation of a “vrtual observatory” that spans efforts by many individuals and organzations across the world. According to their website: “The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) was formed in June 2002 with a mission to “facilitate the international coordination and collaboration necessary for the development and deployment of the tools, systems and organizational structures necessary to enable the international utilization of astronomical archives as an integrated and interoperating virtual observatory.” The IVOA now comprises 19 VO programs from Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States and inter-governmental organizations (ESA and ESO). Membership is open to other national and international programs according to the IVOA Guidelines for Participation.”
A large number of updated standards were posted today at astro-ph (listed below):
- – IVOA Recommendation: Table Access Protocol Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: Simple Cone Search Version 1.03
- – IVOA Recommendation: Simple Image Access Specification Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: Simple Line Access Protocol Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Astronomical Data Query Language Version 2.00
- – IVOA Recommendation: Space-Time Coordinate Metadata for the Virtual Observatory Version 1.33
- – IVOA Recommendation: Simple Spectral Lines Data Model Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Single-Sign-On Profile: Authentication Mechanisms Version 1.01
- – IVOA Recommendation: VOSpace specification Version 1.15
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Credential Delegation Protocol Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: Universal Worker Service Pattern Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: Web Services Basic Profile Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Identifiers Version 1.12
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Registry Interfaces Version 1.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory Version 1.12
- – IVOA Recommendation: VOResource: an XML Encoding Schema for Resource Metadata Version 1.03
- – IVOA Recommendation: VODataService: a VOResource Schema Extension for Describing Collections and Services Version 1.1
- – IVOA Recommendation: The UCD1+ controlled vocabulary Version 1.23
- – IVOA Recommendation: Maintenance of the list of UCD words Version 1.20
- – IVOA Recommendation: Vocabularies in the Virtual Observatory Version 1.19
- – IVOA Recommendation: IVOA Document Standards Version 1.2
- – IVOA Recommendation: Sky Event Reporting Metadata Version 2.0
- – IVOA Recommendation: VOTable Format Definition Version 1.2
- – IVOA Recommendation: An IVOA Standard for Unified Content Descriptors Version 1.1
- – IVOA Recommendation: SAMP – Simple Application Messaging Protocol Version 1.2
