<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear IVOA Community,</span></div><div style="background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="background-color: #fdfdfd;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: #fdfdfd; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">My name is Lucian Botha an MSc. Computer Science degree at the University of Cape Town. My supervisor is Prof. Rob Simmonds. I am working at the South African Astronomical Observatory and doing part-time studies. </p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">I set up these questionnaires to help me answer research questions about the best practices of building an Interoperable Data Archive for Multi-wavelength Astronomy.</p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Please could you take part in my survey or refer me to archive staff and users that might be able to assist?</p></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #202124; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10.5pt; 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margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If your institution does not allow Google Forms you can find the questions in a text document format in the attachment. </span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kind regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; color: rgb(32, 33, 36); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lucian Botha</span></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div><span name="x"></span>Senior System Administrator - South African Astronomical Observatory</div><div>P.O.Box 9, Observatory 7935<br>Tel: +27 021 460 9308<br>Mobile: +27 72 651 8650<br>https://www.saao.ac.za<span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>