[nvo-techwg] Referencing in XML for the IVO

[Matthew Graham]

Roy Williams wrote:

> Arnold
>
> Please excuse me, my schema expertise is not as good as yours, so I 
> attempt to sketch some examples.
>
> What I want is to say, for example:
> <AstroCoordSystem
>     ID="FK5-UTC-TOPO"
>     xlink:href="ivo://stc.ivoa.net/FK5-UTC-TOPO">
> so that any of the VO registries can tell me where to find the precise 
> definition of this coordinate system, should that be required.
>
> Another example would be for observatory location. I would want to say:
> <ObservatoryLocation
>     ID="Palomar"
>     xlink:href="ivo://nvo.caltech.edu/observatories/Palomar">
>
> Is this what you envision?
> Roy
>
> California Institute of Technology
> 626 395 3670
>
Hi,

This is also basically the proposal I made at the NVO team meeting.

    Cheers,

    Matthew