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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data Access Layer Working Group</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A reminder that contributions are welcome to the DAL sessions at the Bologna interop.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are asking that you send us any requests for a talk slot by Friday next week (14 April) though.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">James Dempsey and Grégory Mantelet</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">dal <dal-bounces@ivoa.net> on behalf of Dempsey, James (IM&T, Black Mountain) <James.Dempsey@csiro.au><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 17 March 2023 at 3:48 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>IVOA DAL <dal@ivoa.net><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Call for DAL Contributions - May 2023 Interop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data Access Layer Working Group</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In just under two months we will have our first in person IVOA interop for a few years. This will be in Bologna, Italy from 8 May to 12 May. Remote attendance will also be supported. See<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2285/" title="https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2285/"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2285/</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
<a href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2023" title="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2023"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2023</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>for
full details. If you are able to, we encourage you to attend in person. Grégory and I are looking forward to meeting with you and having the opportunity for more in depth discussions.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We invite you to contribute discussions on DAL related topics for the interop. These could be discussion on DAL standards either established, in development or proposed. We also encourage
implementation reports from data centres using and implementing the standards, and are particularly interested in your experiences whether you are using your own software or one of the existing implementations.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please send your contributions with a speaker name, title and abstract to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:james.dempsey@csiro.au" title="mailto:james.dempsey@csiro.au"><span style="color:#0078D4">james.dempsey@csiro.au</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gregory.mantelet@astro.unistra.fr" title="mailto:gregory.mantelet@astro.unistra.fr"><span style="color:#0078D4">gregory.mantelet@astro.unistra.fr</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> .
If you are unsure about the suitability of a talk, or are a first time contributor, please get in contact with us and we can discuss it.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please provide contribution details by Friday, 14 April to allow us time to organise the talks. Note also that registrations for the interop close on Friday 21 April 2023.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cheers,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">James Dempsey and Grégory Mantelet</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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