TAP into TOPCAT

[Mark Allen]

Hi Mark and all,

Thanks very much to Mark for the TAP client in TOPCAT, I think it is a  
major step toward having TAP services in the hands of Astronomers. I  
find the interface fairly intuitive, and the ability to start with an  
example query is extremely useful.

It would appear to be the ideal testbed for the services, and also to  
sort out the issues for registering TAP services. Of the registered  
TAP services only the GAVO one currently works in the TOPCAT client -  
but I wonder if there are others out there that are not registered,  
given that the TAP registry extensions are not fully defined.  Pat's  
email last November (implementations of TAP (+ ObsCore = ObsTAP))  
called for contributions to compile a list of TAP services. Pat, did  
you get many contributions?  Is there a list somewhere?

best regards,
Mark


Mark Allen
mark.allen at astro.unistra.fr



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