Characterization DM meeting at AAS

[Francois Bonnarel]

Dear data modellers,
   For those of you attending the AAS meeting next week
in san Diego (CA)*
   A short working meeting will take place Tuesday the 11th 
Room: Pacific 6
Time : 2:00-4:30pm
(arranged thanks to our chairman jcm)     

Things to be discussed (can be modified, this is only my proposal):
 review of the current status of the Observation Characterization model

 relationship with Quantity and STC data models

 critical advice by 
     a ) various observers (optical (A.Micol), Xray (Jonathan?)

     b ) VOql and "Resource metadata" people

To be reviewed:

   Last version of the Observation IVOA note

http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaDataModel  : obs23.pdf

   UML diagram for characterization :
http://alinda.u-strasbg.fr/IDHA/dmobsIvoa/

   Last attempt for an XML schema

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~jcm/vo/xsd/char2.xsd


   You can also have a look to the discussion on the list 
in August/september 2004 and to the Observation/charac talks
in the CambridgeUSA and Pune meetings


Regards
François

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Francois   Bonnarel               Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg
CDS (Centre de donnees          11, rue de l'Universite
astronomiques de Strasbourg)    F--67000 Strasbourg (France)

Tel: +33-(0)3 90 24 24 11       WWW: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/people/fb.html
Fax: +33-(0)3 90 24 24 25       E-mail: bonnarel at astro.u-strasbg.fr
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