roadmap

[Tony Linde]

We didn't really come to any conclusion on the roadmap that Peter Quinn is
waiting for in our last thread - it diverged onto technicalities.

Can we agree the following roadmap and if not, what needs to be changed?

Thanks,
Tony. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registry at eso.org [mailto:owner-registry at eso.org] 
> On Behalf Of Tony Linde
> Sent: 02 March 2004 12:33
> To: registry at ivoa.net
> Subject: roadmap
> 
> We need to develop a roadmap of what we intend to do. I see 
> the two key goals for us to achieve as being:
> 
>  A. Create RM v1.1 (incorporating registry schema)
> 
>  B. Create Registry Interface (RI) spec v1.0 (incorporating 
> harvesting and query interface)
> 
> I tried a schedule which had these complete by 31-Mar-05 but 
> working backwards from this date made the intervening 
> activities too tight (especially considering how long it has 
> taken us to get where we are now and given that we should 
> allow 4-6 months for testing new versions of standards). So I 
> then simply worked forward from now, allowing us time for two 
> more trial developments of the registry schema and one of the 
> combined RM v1.1 and RI v1.0. This pushed the delivery of the 
> above out to end of 2005.
> 
> 
> I would therefore propose the following activities as our roadmap:
> 
> 2004
> ====
>  1. Publish RM V1.0 to REC status
>      31-Mar-2004
> 
>  2. Agree modified Resource Metadata Schema (RMS) draft v0.91
>      30-May-2004
> 
>  3. Agree modified Registry Harvesting draft (RH) v0.2
>      30-May-2004
> 
>  4. Demonstrate viability of RMS v0.91 and RH v0.2 between projects
>      1-Jun-2004 to 30-Sep-2004
> 
>  5. Create draft Registry Interface spec (RI) v0.1 (incl 
> harvesting & query)
>      30-Nov-2004
> 
>  6. Agree draft RMS v0.92
>      30-Nov-2004
> 
> 2005
> ====
>  7. Demonstrate viability of RMS v0.92 and RI v0.1
>      1-Dec-2004 to 31-Mar-2005
> 
>  8. Develop draft RM v1.1 (incorporating schema)
>      31-May-2005
> 
>  9. Agree modified RI v0.2
>      31-May-2005
> 
> 10. Demonstrate RM v1.1 and RI v0.2
>      1-Jun-2005 to 30-Sep-2005
> 
> 11. Publish RM v1.1 to PR/REC
>      31-Dec-2005
> 
> 12. Publish RI v1.0 to PR/REC
>      31-Dec-2005
> 
> I know that this seems like a long time but the fact is that 
> standards which are widely agreed and which have been proved 
> to work do take many years to develop.
> 
> The key to keeping this effort moving forwards is that we 
> continue to develop working versions of the registry schema 
> and the harvesting interface. This will allow us to prove 
> that these standards work and to find the problem areas.
> 
> Feel free to publish an alternative timetable if you think we 
> can deliver the standards in less time than I've indicated. 
> And I look forward to other comments as well.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tony. 
> 
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