VOTable errata status

[Tom McGlynn (NASA/GSFC Code 660.1)]

This all came up because a few of our services were failing validation based on this issue.
I'll confirm that that's cleared up when the change is made. Thanks to both Tom D and Mark.

     Tom McG.

Tom Donaldson wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> Thanks for responding about this. That all sounds good.  So let’s do this:
>
>  1. Mark:  Make the edits on volute to your satisfaction (thank you!), including a comment about
>     the change, then notify the Apps list when it’s ready.
>  2. Tom D:  Barring objections from the WG, I’ll request that
>     http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/VOTable-1.3.xsd be updated.
>  3. Tom D:  I’ll look to see if Astropy’s parser should be updated.  (It also should be updated
>     for errata 1, so I’ll do that too.)
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
>
> *From: *Mark Taylor <m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk>
> *Date: *Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 11:17 AM
> *To: *Tom Donaldson <tdonaldson at stsci.edu>
> *Cc: *"Tom McGlynn (NASA/GSFC Code 660.1)" <tom.mcglynn at nasa.gov>, "tcg at ivoa.net" <tcg at ivoa.net>, 
> Applications WG <apps at ivoa.net>
> *Subject: *Re: VOTable errata status
>
> Toms,
>
> regarding VOTable-1_3-Err-2 (Tom McGlynn's F0 fix):
>
> Once there is an official updated XSD, I will incorporate it
>
> into the votlint VOTable validator within STILTS.
>
> I have informally tested that making the change listed in the
>
> Erratum works as expected, i.e. votlint goes from reporting
>
> a schema validation error for precision="F0" to not reporting
>
> that error.
>
> I think the only decision to be made about editing the XSD text
>
> is whether to stick to the single-character change described in
>
> the Erratum, or whether also to add a comment somewhere noting
>
> that the change has been made.  Given that there are already some
>
> history comments in the preamble, probably the latter makes sense.
>
> I can make the XSD edit in volute if nobody else wants to do it,
>
> but if the resource at http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/VOTable-1.3.xsd 
> <http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/VOTable-1.3.xsd>
>
> is to be changed (is that the process here?), probably the Apps
>
> Chair/Vice-Chair ought to make that request to ivoadoc.
>
> I have made one correction to the VOTable-1_3-Err-2 wiki page:
>
> I've changed "Erratum 1" to "Erratum 2" in the title text.
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018, Tom Donaldson wrote:
>
>     Hi Tom,
>
>     Good question.  I don’t know of a documented process, so I’ll propose an answer here, and
>     anyone who wants to correct me or suggest changes.
>
>     These steps could be done by anyone who volunteers.  I can do it fairly soon if no one else
>     steps up.
>
>        1.  Make the change on volute first
>     (http://volute.g-vo.org/svn/trunk/projects/votable/VOTable.xsd )  That way some tests can be
>     run easily, and that working copy stays current.
>
>           *   I think it would be a good idea to have separate directories there for different
>     VOTable versions.  That could make it less confusing if, for example, we work on 1.4 for a
>     while and have another errata at the same time.
>
>        1.  Run some tests.
>
>           *   Yes, we should have a test suite set up for this.  Maybe some already exist, say in
>     a service validator or with Topcat/Stilts, etc.?
>
>        1.  Ask the document coordinator to put the new version in place on ivoa.net.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Tom
>
>     From: "Tom McGlynn (NASA/GSFC Code 660.1)" <tom.mcglynn at nasa.gov <mailto:tom.mcglynn at nasa.gov>>
>
>     Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 2:44 PM
>
>     To: Tom Donaldson <tdonaldson at stsci.edu <mailto:tdonaldson at stsci.edu>>, "tcg at ivoa.net
>     <mailto:tcg at ivoa.net>" <tcg at ivoa.net <mailto:tcg at ivoa.net>>
>
>     Subject: Re: VOTable errata status
>
>     With regard to erratum 2, whom should we contact to update the VOTable 1.3 schema on the IVOA
>     web site?
>
>     Or has someone already taken care of this?
>
>          Tom McG.
>
>     Tom Donaldson wrote:
>
>     Hello TCG,
>
>     VOTable 1.3 has one remaining proposed erratum:
>
>     VOTable-1.3-Erratum-3 <http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VOTable-1_3-Err-3>: Clarification
>
>     on arraysize="1"
>
>     Consensus seems to have been reached after some early discussion on the apps list then some
>
>     clarifications to the text at the Victoria Interop.  Now the content is frozen for approval either
>
>     at the upcoming TCG telecon, or shortly thereafter via e-mail.  Please use this opportunity to
>
>     raise any last minute objections.
>
>     Also, I’ve updated the VOTable 1.3 errata page
>
>     (http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VOTable-1_3-Errata ) to indicate the adoption in
>
>     Victoria of erratum 2:
>
>     VOTable-1.3-Erratum-2 <http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VOTable-1_3-Err-2>: Permitting F0
>
>     in precision attribute in FIELDs
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Tom
>
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>
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>
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