coverage.load.moc.ascii

[Pierre Le Sidaner]

Thank you Mark

Regards
Pierre


On 6/16/26 18:25, Mark Taylor via apps wrote:
> Hi Apps,
> 
> as requested by Pierre Le Sidaner on this list
> (http://mail.ivoa.net/pipermail/apps/2026-May/001813.html and followups)
> and also discussed at the recent Interop meeting, I have added a
> new MType definition "coverage.load.moc.ascii" to the informal list
> of known application MTypes on the wiki:
> 
>    https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/SampMTypes#coverage.load.moc.ascii
> 
> This definition can be considered experimental, and discussions,
> e.g. on this list, concerning the wording or details are welcome.
> 
> I've also added prototype code to topcat that can send such messages.
> If you have a table column containing ASCII MOCs (openngc.shapes
> from GAVO DC is a nice example) you can select the new "Send ASCII MOC"
> activation action (http://www.starlink.ac.uk/topcat/sun253/activation.html)
> and use it to send MOCs to clients that subscribe to the
> coverage.load.moc.ascii MType.  This is not in public release,
> but you can find a version with this capability at:
> 
>    https://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/mbt/releases/topcat/pre/topcat-full_mocsamp.jar
> 
> It would be good to hear about other clients that can send or receive
> this MType if somebody implements them.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --
> Mark Taylor  Astronomical Programmer  Physics, Bristol University, UK
> m.b.taylor at bristol.ac.uk          https://www.star.bristol.ac.uk/mbt/
> 
> 
> 
> 

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