DAL discussions in Pune

[Doug Tody]

Hi Wil -

Ok, lets plan on that.

	- Doug


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Wil O'Mullane wrote:

> Doug,
> there is only one VOQL session.
> The agenda is posted. The second topic is the virtual table topic 
> which indeed relates to DAL. If we need further discussion we
> should do that in DAL-2. Masatoshi and I had assumed that those from VOQL 
> interested in the overlap with DAL would go to a DAL session with that topic on it. 
> Likewise that DAL people would come to VOQL - we asked that they not overlap.
> 
> So it may be good to at least put a 15 min session on VOQL/DAL in the DAL2 
> we could recap anything coming out of VOQL then.
> 
> wil
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 08:30:49PM -0600, Doug Tody wrote:
> > IVOA DAL Working Group
> > Pune, India 27-29 Sept 2004
> > 
> > 
> > Hi DAL Folks -
> > 
> > Here is a draft agenda for the DAL sessions in Pune.
> > 
> > 
> > DAL-1  Monday, Sept 27  14:00 - 15:30
> > 
> >     SSA data model V0.9 update (J. McDowell)
> > 	- Includes new data model serializations
> >     SSA query (M. Dolensky)
> > 	- Formatting the query response VOTable, which is based on
> > 	  mapping elements of the SSA data model into VOTable
> > 
> > 
> > DAL-2  Tuesday, Sept 28  11:00 - 12:30
> > 
> >     VOSpec tool demo (P. Osuna)
> > 	- Includes issue of dealing with flux unit conversions in
> > 	  the spectral data model
> >     SIA extension (P. Fernique for F. Bonnarrel, P. Osuna, et. al.)
> > 	- Metadata extension scheme for adding arbitrary dataset
> > 	  metadata to the DAL query respone (not just for SIA)
> >     Data Staging in SIA (D. Tody - if there is time)
> > 	- We need to start looking at long-running data access operations
> > 	  and how to manage batch processes in DAL interfaces using
> > 	  asynchronous messaging, polling, data staging, and so forth.
> > 
> > 
> > We could also discuss SkyNode and ADQL integration into DAL, however
> > since the sessions don't overlap this might be better done in the VOQL
> > session, which immediately follows DAL-1.
> > 
> > A related discussion of data characterization will take place in DM-1,
> > immediately before DAL-1.  This is an essential element of both SSA and
> > the next version of SIA.
> > 
> > 	- Doug
> 
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