VO-DML 1.1 WD

Paul Harrison paul.harrison at manchester.ac.uk
Fri Jan 23 10:52:56 CET 2026


This is a follow-up on the previous call for contributions to the discussion on the changes that are going to go into VO-DML 1.1 - The previous  links remain valid, - the easy way to view them on a single page is to follow - https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/milestone/1  

If you want to make contributions to the actual text, then there are a number of draft PRs open https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/pulls each on a different branch associated with a particular topic  - the current 1.1 WD is available at https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/releases/download/WD-1.1-proposed/VO-DML.pdf



> On 18 Mar 2025, at 16:34, Paul Harrison <Paul.Harrison at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In preparation to making some decisions (hopefully at the next interOp) on features to be included in VO-DML 1.1 I have created a twiki page https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VODML_1_1 that points to the various issues. 
> 
> The current list of the things that are being considered for 1.1 are
> 
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/71  add UUID to base model                                                               enhancement, VO-DML Language BASE      
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/67  Types from the external model MUST NOT be used for composition relationships - Why?  documentation, VO-DML Language       
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/61  add a duration to the base model                                                     enhancement, VO-DML Language BASE        
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/59  Should VO-DML 1.1 metamodel have its own namespace?                                  VO-DML Language, Beta                
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/44  Grouping of attribute composition and reference in ObjectType and DataType           VO-DML Language, Beta  XSD               
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/43  Update Appendix B Mapping to serialization meta-models                               documentation, VO-DML Language        
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/37  specify that datetime string serialization to conform to ISO 8601                    documentation, VO-DML Language        
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/20  update VO-DML Standard document to 1.1                                               documentation, VO-DML Language        
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/18  make the form of vodml-ids mandatory                                                 documentation, VO-DML Language, Beta  
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/6   VODML metamodel has repeated information                                             VO-DML Language XSD                      
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/5   primitive type for ivoid                                                             VO-DML Language, Beta  BASE               
> https://github.com/ivoa/vo-dml/issues/4   way to indicate "natural" primary key                                                VO-DML Language, Beta                 
> 
> 
> The last column has some keywords that characterise the change
> 
> BASE means add a new type (typically primitives) to the BASE model - I think that most of these are not particularly controversial, but would be useful.
> XSD are typically some technical changes to the schema for VO-DML that either clean it up or make it easier to express some things
> Documentation means that it is a clarification in the documentation.
> Beta means that the vodml tools https://ivoa.github.io/vo-dml/ already have an implementation.
> 
> It would probably be best to discuss each issue on GitHub - but if that excludes anyone then feel free to open up a thread on this mailing list.
> 
> 
> Paul.

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