VO vs VObs

[Nicholas Walton]

hi dave

i think the main user of the VO is the business community - VO = Virtual
Organisation.

But a Virtual Observatory is a good example (I hope!) of a Virtual
Organisation thus I don't see a problem using VO (usually it will be in
context, or carfully defined in cases where confusion with the more
generic use VO could result).

cheers, nic

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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Dave De Young wrote:

>   It should be VO, even if that does require
>  an occasional explanation to the IT community.  Our ultimate user
>  group (and funding source) is the astronomy community, not the
>  IT community.
>
>  Dave De Young
>
>
>