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<p>Dear IVOA menbers,<br>
<br>
The Registry working group invites the community and TCG to review
the version 1.3 of VODataService (author: M.Demleitner) at: <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VODataService13RFC">https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/VODataService13RFC</a><br>
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VODataService is a core component of the registry, it describes
the XML serialization of Data Collection and services, with their
respective characteristics (tables, coverages, etc.).<br>
<br>
Version 1.3 mainly consists of the addition of extended elements:
statistics for columns (section 3.5), resource characterization
(the `dataSource` and `productTypeServed` elements, section
3.1.1), and improves relationships between tables and capabilities
for resources containing multiple tables. This version also
revises the use cases presented in the introduction (See the RFC
page for further details).<br>
<br>
We would appreciate your time reading and commenting this
document, <br>
which is an important standard for enabling the discovery of VO
resources.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Gilles Landais, Theresa Dower (Registry chair and vice-chair)
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