ConeSearch and TabularSkyService

[Tony Linde]

Hmm. I'd always assumed the TABLE/COLUMN/etc stuff was a description of what
could be queried using ADQL - ie, the tables and columns in the dataset. But
in the case of a cone search, it is the data which is returned. Yes?

Is it ALL the data which is returned? But you cannot be sure as it isn't
mandatory. Does a cone search have a getMetadata() equivalent?

Sorry for the silly questions - is there an IVOA doc defining cone search
services?

(I can see where Roy was coming from now with some of his questions.)

Cheers,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registry at eso.org [mailto:owner-registry at eso.org] 
> On Behalf Of Ray Plante
> Sent: 02 July 2004 22:12
> To: registry at ivoa.net
> Subject: RE: ConeSearch and TabularSkyService
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Tony Linde wrote:
> > Thanks, Ray. But can a cone search include the 
> TABLE/COLUMN/etc info? 
> > would it be relevant?
> 
> Yes and yes.  Cone Search returns a table with columns, thus 
> it fits the definition.  From a practical point of view, a 
> user may wish to search for ConeSearch services that return 
> tables with a column a particular UCD.  
> This becomes possible if the table description is in the registry.  
> 
> cheers,
> Ray
>