IVOA DM WG roadmap

[Francois Bonnarel]

Dear Jonathan,


   Here are some comments about the roadmap you proposed.

   General comment: it is very ambitious, because it seems that many
things have to be done before Boston which we do not have started (am
I wrong?)

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<Dear VO DM group,
< I am overdue in giving Peter Q our roadmap for the DM WG.
<Here is a sketch of the near term schedule that I foresee.
<If you have comments, please send them to the list.
< - Jonathan
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<The VO DM roadmap
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<Data Model documents:
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<1) Observation, Quantity draft released to WG early March
<   Mapping, SpaceTimeCoords  discussion underway early April
<   Discussion on VOTable UTYPEs beginning
----> Unfortunatly there has been no comment about these drafts so far.
This is a little bit of concern for me because generally a lack of
comment mean total desinterest more than total agreement.
<2)  New revision of Observation, Quantity for late April
<  - will include Mapping, STC details
<3) Full Observation XML serialization for early May
<   Source Catalogs draft: goal early May
<   VOTable/data model interface draft: goal early May
---> Did the work on catalogues start?
     Is the third point related to the kind of stuff Mireille and I sent

earlier this week? Should not the third point being discussed with 1?
If I understand well the first point is about full XML serialization and
the
third one about  VOTable serialization?
<4) v0.9 documents release mid-May
<   Spectral standard document release in coordination with DAL group
<5) Review at May Interop.
<   Collect new priorization of requirements
<6) Summer - complete Source Catalogs
<7) ADASS timeframe:
<    - v1.0 documents approved
<    - implementation of class libraries and test examples
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