[csp] Radio astronomy and VO - proposal for IVOA Interest Group

[Fabbiano, Giuseppina]

Thank you, Mark. I fully support this initiative.
-pepi

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 9:53 AM Baptiste Cecconi <baptiste.cecconi at obspm.fr>
wrote:

> Hi Mark et al !
>
> Thanks for setting this up. I fully support the creation of this interest
> group and I'm eager to participate to the associated session.
> It would nice to have somewhere a list of the radio observatories, with
> their VO interfaces, not restricting on large international projects. There
> are smaller observatories, for instance in the lower frequency range (<100
> MHz), with VO interfaces, or in the way to implement such interfaces. I
> think the interest group should also be inclusive with those projects.
>
> Sincerely
> Baptiste
>
>
> Le 31 janv. 2020 à 09:10, Mark Allen <mark.allen at astro.unistra.fr> a
> écrit :
>
> Dear all,
>
> This message is sent to everyone involved in the "radio astronomy and VO”
> discussions that followed on from the sessions and splinter meetings at the
> last IVOA interop. (Please let me know if somone is missing!)
>
> With Bruno (ESA), Mark Lacy (NRAO) and Francois Bonnarel (CDS), we have
> made a draft charter for an IVOA Radio Astronomy Interest Group, and a
> description of the motivation.
>
> I’d like to get this into shape so that it can be presented at the next
> IVOA Exec telecon on February 18, with the aim of having the Interest Group
> approved.
>
> Can you please send any comments on the charter, and also provide
> additions of groups/projects to mention in the motivation. Also,
> improvements to the descriptions of the projects listed. It is probably the
> “motivation” part that will have the most influence. IVOA interest groups
> do not usually focus on a specific wavelength/frequency domains, but here I
> think we can argue that the Interest Group will be a very good mechanism to
> give the effort the right level of visibility and focus, and that it will
> help a lot to really make things happen.
>
> It would be a great help to have comments before *Feb 14*, so that it can
> be included in the Exec meeting agenda.
>
> best regards,
> Mark
>
>
>
> *IVOA Radio Astronomy Interest Group*
>
> *Charter:*
>
> The group shall define requirements for the representation of radio
> astronomy data in the VO through:
> •  development of use cases for data discovery, access and visualization.
> •  identification of metadata concepts needed by radio astronomy data that
> are not currently supported by the VO
>
> The group will provide a well identified point of contact for radio
> projects with IVOA, and actively encourage their use of VO standards and
> protocols.
>
> The group will organize sessions focused on radio astronomy data at IVOA
> meetings
>
>
>
> *Motivation:*
> Radio astronomy has several domain-specific requirements that need to be
> fulfilled if radio astronomy data is to be well-served by the VO. While
> there has been recent work on multi-dimensional data relevant for both
> radio and other wavebands, there remain areas in which new
> concepts/standards, or extensions of existing ones are needed for radio
> astronomy, particularly for (but not restricted to) data products based on
> correlated visibilities from radio interferometers.
>
> The formation of this group is particularly timely, given the ramp-up of
> radio astronomy projects that will generate large volumes of both raw data
> and processed images. The groups and projects that are expected to be
> involved include:
>
>
>    - ALMA
>    - NRAO’s Science Ready Data Products Initiative (VLA data and
>    user-defined ALMA data products)
>    - ASKAP
>    - The Canadian Initiative for Radio Astronomy Data Analysis (CIRADA),
>    which will produce high level data from the VLA Sky Survey, the CHIME
>    telescope and surveys with ASKAP.
>    - JIVE
>    - LOFAR
>    - SKA
>    - The ESCAPE project, also supporting connection to VO for LOFAR,
>    JIVE, and ultimately SKA  (also brings results of ASTERICS and AENEAS
>    projects)
>    - MeerKAT, and the South African Inter-University Institute for Data
>    Intensive Astronomy (IDIA).
>
>
> These, and future projects, are planning their science platforms and ways
> users will find/access/use the data. By providing the necessary standards,
> the IVOA can help to ensure that VO protocols can be integrated into these
> efforts from an early stage, thus enabling interoperability and data
> discovery both within radio astronomy and between radio astronomy and other
> wavelengths.
>
>
>
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