Applications session at IVOA Interop meeting. Oct 6-7

[Tony Linde]

> registries?), and what information/metadata about 
> applications would be useful when searching for them. These 
> ideas could then be fed into the Registry WG discussions on 
> defining applications metadata.

Excellent idea Mark. Will you be able to present any results to the Registry
meeting afterwards - I'm soliciting for presentations now (only looking for
10 min summary of what the Apps group are looking for)?

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-apps at eso.org [mailto:owner-apps at eso.org] On 
> Behalf Of Mark Allen
> Sent: 08 September 2005 13:50
> To: apps at ivoa.net
> Subject: Applications session at IVOA Interop meeting. Oct 6-7
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> There is an Applications session planned for the upcoming 
> IVOA Interoperability meeting  6-7 October, ESAC (Madrid), Spain.
> The session is on the Thursday starting at 14:30, running 
> parallel to the VOEvent and UCD sessions. 
> 
> I would like to organise a program of short ~10 minute 
> presentations on new/updated VO applications, and some 
> general discussion about the role of the IVOA Application 
> interest group.
> 
> If you would like to contribute a presentation please send me 
> a title and very breif abstract within the next couple of weeks.
> 
> Possible topics for discussion may include:
> 
> - Interoperability of VO applications: How different VO applications
>   may work together
> 
> - What can the Apps IG do to promote uptake of VO tools?
> 
> - Discovering and Using VO Applications.
>   - Simple lists of applications, or lists of links
>   - Benefits of registering applications in VO registries
>    
> 
> I note that there is currently an overlap of interests with 
> the Registries WG on the topic of registering applications in 
> VO registries,  and that this issue will be discussed in the 
> Registry session (Thursday 16:30-18:30). 
> 
> As an Interest Group, I think it would be good to capture 
> some ideas about how Astronomers may use VO applications (via 
> registries?), and what information/metadata about 
> applications would be useful when searching for them. These 
> ideas could then be fed into the Registry WG discussions on 
> defining applications metadata.
> 
> best regards,
> Mark.
> 
> 
> 
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> Mark G. Allen
> Observatoire de Strasbourg
> Strasbourg, FRANCE
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