<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues, <div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) is conducting a survey to learn about projects, data distribution plans, and data products. We would like to learn if your project has plans/interest in using a common data sharing framework through the VO, and if so offer guidance through that process. The ultimate goal of this study is to understand how we can better serve the community and help in publishing data into the Virtual Observatory. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">The survey should take no more than 5 to 10 minutes to complete. Please be assured that all information that you provide will be treated confidentially by the IVOA. The results of the survey will be published in aggregate form, to preserve anonymity of respondents. If you would like to see the full content before completing it, you can have a look at the full survey in a pdf format <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OggBThWmw4Tp5ULljelMMFGOxaHRmsYH/view?usp=sharing" class="">here</a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div class="">We are surveying members of past, ongoing, and future projects. *** We ask for *your* participation!!</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/tZyNiWQ38gWJqytt9&source=gmail-imap&ust=1645456845000000&usg=AOvVaw3sGHgZ3pYC8bJ2GurH984x" class="">Click here to start the Survey</a> </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*** You have until *March 25* to complete the survey!! We are happy for more than one person on a project to respond, so don’t hesitate!! We will present what we learn and discuss next steps at our IVOA Spring Interop meeting and will also provide a summary to survey participants.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Thank you for your time! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sincerely, </div><div class="">Ada Nebot</div><div class="">(for The Committee on Science Priorities of the IVOA)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">--<br class="">Astronome Adjointe<br class="">CDS, Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS)<br class="">UMR 7550 Université de Strasbourg <br class="">11, rue de l'Université, F-67000 Strasbourg</div><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">+33 (0) 3 68 85 24 20</div><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">
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