VO or VObs

[Ajit Kembhavi]

I agree with Maria, and she forgot to mention VOParty.

Ajit


On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Maria A. Nieto-Santisteban wrote:

> In my modest opinion ....
>
> On Mon, 7
> Jun 2004, Guy Rixon wrote:
>
> > I started using VObs instead of VO because much of what I write goes
> > eventually to grid audiences. They think VO means Virtual Organization. I got
> > bored with having to explain the terms.
>
> You don't have to give any explanation, we are actually lucky since our
> our Virtual Organization is called Virtual Observatory.
>
> > Inside IVOA, I don't care whether we use VO or VObs.
>
> Now that everything is called VOServices, VOTable, VOList, VOSpace,
> VOApplications, IVOA, etc., changing the name to Vobs will bring only
> unnecessary confusion.
>
> Maria
>
> > Vobs makes better wiki-words than VO, mind.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Guy
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Wil O'Mullane wrote:
> >
> > > I see the use of VO for Virtual Observatory (I use it myself) but also
> > > I notice (particulalry our AstroGrid colleques) use  VObs for Virtual observatory
> > >
> > > Do we have one we should use in our IVOA documents ? In particular I wish to
> > > do the next draft of VOSupportInterfaces but should that be VObsSupportInterfaces
> > > as Guy names it ?
> > >
> > > wil
> > >
> >
> > Guy Rixon 				        gtr at ast.cam.ac.uk
> > Institute of Astronomy   	                Tel: +44-1223-337542
> > Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK, CB3 0HA		Fax: +44-1223-337523
> >
>
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