VOTable 1.4 Working Draft

[Arnold Rots]

I note that there are no restrictions imposed on the timescale/reference
position combination.
That can really set you up for major trouble.
And maybe one should just require that the spatial reference position is
the same as the temporal one. Otherwise one runs the risk of time not
moving linearly.

  - Arnold

Arnold H Rots

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On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 10:47 AM Tom Donaldson <tdonaldson at stsci.edu> wrote:

> Dear IVOA,
>
> We are pleased to announce that the first Working Draft for VOTable
> version 1.4 is ready for review at
> http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VOTable/20190131/ .
>
> The driving reason for this update is to implement the recommendations of
> the note, "A Proposal for a TIMESYS Element in VOTable" (
> http://www.ivoa.net/documents/Notes/TimeSys/index.html ).
>
> Since the scope of the changes is relatively narrow, we are hoping that
> this review process can move quickly, ideally proceeding to official
> Recommendation (REC) shortly after the Paris Interop meeting.  If you have
> an interest in this update, or will be obligated to have an interest (TCG),
> please review at your earliest convenience and bring comments and concerns
> to the Applications Working Group list (apps at ivoa.net ).
>
> In addition to the changes driven by TIMESYS, please note the new language
> in section 3 attempting to clarify some subtleties regarding namespace and
> schema versioning (also see
> http://www.ivoa.net/documents/Notes/XMLVers/20180529/ ).  Feedback on all
> aspects of the document is welcome.
>
> I will also propose a slight change in the syntax for TIMESYS (to
> *require* the use of "ref" in TIMESYS references), but I will leave that
> for a separate thread on the Apps WG list.
>
> Regards,
> Tom
>
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