Error column in VOResource

[Tony Linde]

I wasn't saying that Martin's was any better but that we should wait for DM
to complete so we have a base metadata schema to work from. And that schema
should be based on XMLSchema not something like the VOTable TABLE/FIELD
construct for which we have to write all new interpreters instead of
starting from standard tools.

Tony.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registry at eso.org [mailto:owner-registry at eso.org] 
> On Behalf Of Roy Williams
> Sent: 18 May 2004 15:59
> To: ael at star.le.ac.uk; 'Martin Hill'; registry at ivoa.net
> Subject: Re: Error column in VOResource
> 
> > VOTable is not included in VOResource because VOTable is crap at 
> > representing metadata.
> 
> And how is Martin's version any better? Indeed how is it 
> different? It is semantically identical to VOTable, except 
> for the error column. I am really puzzled why another format 
> is needed.
> 
> Roy
> -----------------------------------
> 
> <Column>
>       <vr:Name>FREQ</vr:Name>
>       <vr:Description>Frequency at center of the image 
> wavehand</vr:Description>
>       <DataType>float</DataType>
>       <Unit>Hz</Unit>
>       <ErrorColumn>FREQ_ERR</ErrorColumn>
>    </Column>
>