VO vs VObs

[Ed Shaya]

I agree:

VO:VO not GRID:VO

Ed

Masatoshi OHISHI wrote:

> 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
>
>
>