lifetime of standards

[Markus Dolensky]

Hi Elizabeth,

you may want to address questions about IVOA and the standardization 
procedure to

Bob Hanisch, hanisch at stsci.edu, Chair
Peter Quinn, pjq at eso.org, Co-Chair
Nic Walton, naw at ast.cam.ac.uk, Secretary

I think there is a paper being drafted at the moment that explains the 
role of IVOA in more detail.

Markus



Elizabeth Auden wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was asked a few questions that I couldn't answer today:
> 
> 1. Once IVOA releases standards this December for the registry and other
> workgroups, will anyone maintain them after December 31st?
> 
> 2. How long will IVOA as an entity exist?
> 
> 3. Depending on the answers to 1 and 2, could maintenance of standards be
> passed to another, longer term group (such as W3, IEEE, or GGF)?
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas? People at MSSL are thinking about the PPARC
> announcement of $$$ for generation 2 UK grid proposals due at the end of
> May. They're asking how they can "grid-enable" (and they always make
> finger quote gestures at this point) various data archives and data
> processing software.
> 
> Something to mull over while eating chocolate bunnies this weekend, I
> think.  If you have Friday and Monday off, have a great holiday weekend.
> 
> 
> cheers,
> Elizabeth