SSA 1.1

[Carlos Rodrigo]

Hi

Given that the example for theoretical spectra in the document is based in one of our services, I
think that I should say something here... :)

Doug's answer has clarified most of the things that I intended to write

In fact, there are several metadata that are mandatory and are not in the example:

Char.SpatialAxis.Coverage.Location.Value
Char.SpatialAxis.Coverage.Bounds.Extent
Char.TimeAxis.Coverage.Location.Value
Char.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Location.Value
Char.SpectralAxis.Coverage.Bounds.Extent

The first three ones does not (usually) make sense for theoretical spectra so I think that we can
apply what Doug says.

The last two ones make sense for theoretical spectra and they are not in the example, so I think
that it would be good to add them. In fact, at first sight, I guess that the example was writen so
much time ago and it does not reflect some changes in the document, so it would be nice to rewrite
it a little. In fact, there are more things that should be changed in the example. For instance,
url's are outdated and they don't work (the domain laeff.inta.es does not exist anymore)

So, if it is ok, I could write an updated version of the example

Carlos


On 11/18/2014 02:33 PM, Douglas Tody wrote:
> Hi Pierre -
> 
> Section 4.1 of the spec addresses the issue of theory data and notes
> that some metadata may not have meaning for certain types of data
> collections such as theory data.  However the section talks about query
> constraints (input parameter semantics) and I agree is not explicit
> about what to do with the query response.  The implication though, and
> what was intended, is that if metadata such as spatial position is not
> meaningful for the data collection, these values should be omitted in
> the query response.  Hence your option #2 below applies; metadata is not
> mandatory (i.e. may be set to null) if not defined for a specific data
> collection such as as theory data.
> 
>     - Doug
> 
> 
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2014, Pierre Le Sidaner wrote:
> 
>> Dear IVOA members
>>
>> I am facing a little problem with my SSA validator
>> following the documentation metadata such as Char.SpatialAxis.Coverage.Location.Value are
>> mandatory in the query response
>> but example in the text for response of Theory-SSA omit some of them.
>>
>> My question is :
>> Am I badly reading the documentation ?
>> should we modify the mandatory fields for non "observational" SSA
>> Should we modify the example of Theorical SSA
>>
>> regards
>> Pierre
>>
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