[Fwd: TAP V1.0 RFC]

[Keith Noddle]

It comes to my attention (thank you Matthew!) that I inadvertently 
posted the RFC announcement to the DAL mailing list only and not the 
wider Interop list, my apologies. Details attached.

Keith.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: TAP V1.0 RFC
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:28:12 +0100
From: Keith Noddle <ktn at star.le.ac.uk>
To: dal at ivoa.net

Somewhat belatedly, I have created an RFC page for TAP V1.0. It can be
found at:

http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/TapV1RFC

Much valuable discussion is taking place on the mailing list, but we
need to focus on the RFC period and the goals for TAP V1.0. This is the
*first* not the *last* version of the standard (albeit most probably
_my_ last!), so I urge everyone to Keep It Simple and include only those
things that really need to be in *Version 1.0* of the standard.

That said, I am keen that we do not use terminology loosely now that
subsequently restricts our options in the future (for example, I am
concerned that we are referring to Observational Data Model and Generic
Dataset queries without formal substance). I am further concerned that
we don't limit our future by an artificially tight binding between
standards - pragmatism is the name of the game!

Keith.

-- 
Keith Noddle                    Phone:  +44 (0)116 223 1894
AstroGrid Project manager       Fax:    +44 (0)116 252 3311
Dept of Physics & Astronomy     Mobile: +44 (0)7721 926 461
University of Leicester         Skype:  keithnoddle
Leicester                       Email:  ktn at star.le.ac.uk
LE1 7RH, UK                     Web:    http://www.astrogrid.org



-- 
Keith Noddle                    Phone:  +44 (0)116 223 1894
AstroGrid Project manager       Fax:    +44 (0)116 252 3311
Dept of Physics & Astronomy     Mobile: +44 (0)7721 926 461
University of Leicester         Skype:  keithnoddle
Leicester                       Email:  ktn at star.le.ac.uk
LE1 7RH, UK                     Web:    http://www.astrogrid.org