SAMP/PLASTIC and astronomers

[Christophe Arviset]

Mark

Quoting Mark Taylor <m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk>:

> I think one general point which may be appropriate to make in some
> cases is that application interoperability is not strictly VO business in
> the sense that, say, DAL protocols are.  Despite the IVOA provenance,
> developers of applications which do not view themselves as virtual 
> observatory tools should not feel that this technology is not for 
> them.
That's a very good point!
In the context of the Herschel project at ESAC, we are using Plastic to 
interface the Herschel Data Processing System (developed by a different 
team) with the Herschel Science Archive (developped by the ESA Science 
Archives and VO Team). This is not "strictly" VO, although we have used 
our VO experience to propose this solution which fits well the needs 
for applications intercommunication.


-- 
Thanks in advance

Cheers

Christophe


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