towards a DataLink IVOA Note

[Douglas Burke]

On Fri Oct 14 09:00:45 2011, Norman Gray wrote:
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> François and all, hello.
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> On 2011 Oct 14, at 09:46, François Bonnarel wrote:
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>>       Next week in Pune a DAL working group session will be focused on  DataLink.
>>       I present here first ideas for an IVOA note on this topic... Sorry for not providing this sooner to people willing to co write the note...
>>      But I think after discussing these ideas next weeks we can move rapidly together to something more collective...
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> This is very interesting.  Looking at the links you posted, it looks as if some part of what you're describing -- the inter-dataset linkage -- is supported by the prototype AstroDAbis service which Bob Mann, Dave Morris and I have been working on (there are a few details at the funder-mandated project blog:<http://astrodabis.jiscinvolve.org/>).  We hope this will turn into a long-term supported service, and would welcome comments.
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> Another large fraction of the desired capability would seem to be supplied by data DOIs, such as those being developed by the DataCite consortium of libraries<http://datacite.org/>.  They're shaking down the specification, and promoting this as a general world-wide framework for referring to and linking to datasets in a long-term stable way.
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> Best wishes,
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> Norman
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>

Just a quick note to say that the ADS AstroExplorer team is interested 
in this area, as we want to link literature and data. Alberto will be 
at the Pune meeting.

Doug

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