VO vs VObs

[Ewa Deelman]

Hi,

I have to admit that even though I know what VO is in the astronomy context,
it is hard sometimes to translate it into virtual observatory, when you are
used to it meaning virtual organization.

-Ewa


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Masatoshi OHISHI [mailto:masatoshi.ohishi at nao.ac.jp]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:37 PM
> To: Tony Linde; interop at ivoa.net
> Subject: RE: VO vs VObs
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I agree with Tony:
> At 22:12 04/06/08 +0100, Tony Linde wrote:
>  >
>  >Frankly, who cares?
> 
> In radiocommunication world, people use SNR. This doesn't mean
> SuperNova Remnant. It means Signal-to-Noise Ratio. People don't
> care about that two different communities happen to use the same
> acronym.
> 
> When we use 'VO' in Grid community, we should give its definition
> ar first appearance. Or when we talk we always say 'Virtual Observatory'.
> If the visibility of the 'Virtual Observatory' get higher, then Grid
> people
> will easily understand the situation. What we need to do is to build, as
> early
> as possible, VOs that produce a lot of scientific results.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    Masatoshi