RFC: Resource Metadata V1.0

[Tony Linde]

I have added Ed's comment to the wiki page,
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/ResourceMetadataRFC.

Can I ask that all comments be added there. If you think the point needs
further discussion, make it on this list.

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Shaya [mailto:edward.j.shaya.1 at gsfc.nasa.gov] 
> Sent: 30 January 2004 22:57
> To: Tony Linde
> Cc: registry at ivoa.net
> Subject: Re: RFC: Resource Metadata V1.0
> 
> 
> Constraint should be called something more specific like 
> PlanarConstraint.  The description is unclear here.  
> A vector (x,y,z) describes the orientation and position of a 
> plane intersecting a unit sphere.  It's length is the 
> distance of the plane from the origin. The constraint 
> boundary is the intersection of this arbitrary plane with the 
> unit sphere. One could use zeta, eta to define its 
> orientation and d to give its distance  from the origin along 
> the normal direction.
> 
> ...