VirGO v1.3.1 and new ESO services

[Markus Dolensky]

Hi Doug,

> It is great to hear that this is out.  Since VirGO is based upon
> the SIA and SSA standards, does that mean that it could be used to
> access non-ESO services as well? 

Yes.

There are in fact two means:
1. see section Quick Start Guide d) "Adding Data Source"
   http://archive.eso.org/cms/virgo/
   ...with the given limitations which will be remedied asap
2. see installation section for configuring DataResources.ini   

ST-ECF has already done so for HLA spectra and produced a very nice tutorial:
http://www.stecf.org/archive/hla/stepbystep.php

A subtlety for SSA service providers:
It works both for SSA pre v1.0 as well as v1.0 provided "&REQUEST=queryData" is
added explicity to the service end point.
http://archive.eso.org/cms/tools-documentation/v-addresource.png


> > VirGO utilizes new SIA and SSA services for accessing science products,
> > previews and transferring instrumental footprint overlays:
> > http://archive.eso.org/apps/ssiserver/EsoProxySiap?FORMAT=METADATA

Correction: It should be...
http://archive.eso.org/apps/siaserver/EsoProxySiap?FORMAT=METADATA

Markus