[Ops] New IVOA Validation Page

[Mark Taylor]

Tom & ops,

concerning the format of the IvoaValidatorsSummary page:
it's a bit hard to flatten this kind of structured information
into a table (e.g. some rows of the table represent WGs, some
standards and some validators, so entries in a given column
are not always directly comparable).

Just to see what it looks like, I've had a go at representing
(some of) the same information in a more hierarchical/document-like
twiki page.  You can see the results here:

   http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/Sandbox/MarkTaylorSandboxValidators

I'm not sure if it's an improvement or not.

Pros:
   - can link to an entry for a particular standard from outside the page
   - easier to navigate (from TOC)
   - more space available for detailed descriptions (where required)
   - more flexible

Cons:
   - less compact
   - harder to compare entries by eye, e.g., versions supported by
     different validators or validator availability status for
     different standards

Others may have opinions on which presentation is more useful.
If you/others prefer the tabular format - that's fine by me.

I have some content to add for some of the standards (at least SAMP,
VOTable; also taplint contributions to UWS, ObsCore, TAPRegExt and maybe
others), I'll do that in due course.

Mark

On Mon, 18 Apr 2016, Tom McGlynn (NASA/GSFC Code 660.1) wrote:

> During the last TCG telecon I volunteered to help put up a page providing an
> introduction and summary of all validation capabilities associated with IVOA
> standards. I've begun this effort at
> http://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaValidatorsSummary where my plan
> would be to ultimately mirror the IVOA standards page with an entry for every
> standard -- there's a long way to go.  There will be a talk on this at Cape
> Town, but I'd certainly be interested in comments earlier or from those who
> are not attending.
>  I've sent out this original note generally, but I'd suggest responses on the
> Ops list.  Feel free to comment on the format, arrangement and such as well as
> the content.  What would make this most useful to the IVOA and our
> constituents?
> 
> I would be <very> appreciative of people responsible for various validation
> capabilities adding to or revising the current entries.
> 
>     Regards,
>     Tom McGlynn
> 
> 

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Mark Taylor   Astronomical Programmer   Physics, Bristol University, UK
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