Spectrum Data Model Implementation

[Doug Tody]

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Tamas Budavari wrote:
> > Note that V0.5 is the pre-Interop version, and does not yet reflect the
> > discussions we had at the Interop meetings.  It is the most recent version
> > currently available though.
> 
> I see. Maybe we'll wait for the version with the Boston feedbacks.
> Do you know when that would be available for us to implement?

It is probably best to continue to work with what you have been using
(v0.1 I think) until the new version is available.  We will try to have
this by the end of next week.  XML representation issues like defaulting
optional elements or vector vs scalar will be the same for any of these
versions.  Doug



> > For a SED there is a SED descriptor object plus 1 or more Spectrum or
> > timeSeries objects (the SED segments).  Note there is a distinction between
> > SED, Spectrum, and TimeSeries services - they are based on the same data
> > model but are distinct services.  Hence if you are implementing a Spectrum
> > service, you do not have to know about SEDs, and the service can merely
> > return a Spectrum object.
> 
> Indeed, in fact we also have the SED in there. Sorry and thanks for the
> clarification! [It's really hard to read the VOTable version, the pure XML
> is more friendly, however even that shouldn't be read by human beings
> (only developers sometimes ;-)]
> 
> Cheers, T.