[Radioig] Validation of the Obscore radio extension Note : still stalled

[Mireille Louys]

Dear all,

Thanks again  to you Alessandra and Vincenzo for your careful reading .
I have inserted your changes in my last pull request .
The workflow went well and the generated pdf is here:

https://github.com/ivoa-std/ObsCoreExtensionForRadioData/actions/runs/25107765104/artifacts/6706628061

Thanks ,

Mireille


Le 28/04/2026 à 10:57 AM, Alessandra Zanichelli a écrit :
> Dear Mireille and all,
> Vincenzo and I had a look at the document and produced a number of 
> comments (mostly style-related). We were not able to access the wiki 
> and post the comments directly at the radio IG page, thus we are 
> sharing with you a link to a google document:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z60LS5u66Idc8nET8o-kvEbrOsV7lFmrHdCDLBj_XzI/edit?usp=sharing 
>
>
> We hope these comments may be useful.
>
> Cheers,
> Alessandra & Vincenzo
>
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> Alessandra Zanichelli (she/her)
> Istituto di Radioastronomia - INAF
> via Gobetti 101, I40129 Bologna, Italy
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> Email: a.zanichelli at ira.inaf.it
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> Il 2026-04-02 17:58 Mireille Louys via Radioig ha scritto:
>> Dear all ,
>>
>> This a call to the authors of the ObsCore Radio Extension Note
>> available at
>>
>> https://github.com/ivoa-std/ObsCoreExtensionForRadioData (see the
>> blue preview /pdf button at the bottom page to get the pdf)
>>
>> The note is stalled in the recommendation process since the last
>> interoperability in November 2025.
>>
>> I think it is important to proceed for the document review in order to
>> get feedback for radio data , and consolidate
>> this work.
>> This as taken some time for many of us to summarize uses cases and
>> propose a simple way to expose radio data in ObsTAP using a radio
>> extension table.
>>
>> I think we need this validation to proceed in the next steps of
>> Obscore 1.2 and stabilize the extension mechanism.
>> The same strategy of table extensions is currently studied for High
>> Energy data distribution, so the advantage to expose this work in the
>> VO
>> is important.
>>
>> I suggest all authors can give it a new read by end of April and
>> provide comments on a radio IG recommendation page first .
>>
>> Then the document can be sent to TCG for review by April 30, be
>> discussed in TCG in May so that we can have a vote before
>> or at the interop meeting in June.
>>
>> What is your opinion about this schedule?
>>
>> Eager to get your comments and suggestions ,
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Mireille Louys ( CDS )
>>
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>> Mireille Louys, MCF (Assistant Professor)
>> Centre de données Astronomiques (CDS)       Equipe Images, ICube
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>> Strasbourg
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Mireille Louys, MCF (Assistant Professor)
Centre de données Astronomiques (CDS)       Equipe Images, ICube
Observatoire de Strasbourg                  Telecom Physique Strasbourg
11, rue de l' Université                    300, Bd Sebastien Brandt CS 10413
F-67000 Strasbourg                          F-67412  Illkirch Cedex
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