applications software metadata

[Roy Williams]

On Jan 26, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Tony Linde wrote:
> How does this get registered? Can you supply a sample registration 
> (ie, the xml)?

Registration of applications for the NVO apps registry is through a web 
form, as defined below. It is not XML, it is relational -- with the 
schema defined below. You can see samples by clicking on any of the 
links in http://www.us-vo.org/projects/tools.cfm

Before embarking on the joys of XML, the registry group might wish to 
answer some of these questions:

-- What is the purpose and intended usage of the applications registry?
-- What exactly is meant by "application" How about these: Excel? 
Apache webserver? STC schema? My Pipeline for My Data? A Java class to 
translate sexagesimal to decimal? An IDL script? An IDL tutorial? IDL 
itself?
-- Would the registry be primarily for humans or for machines to 
access? If the former, surely we rely primarily on natural language 
description and images? If the latter, what is the formal content of 
the registry record that the machine can parse and use?
-- Why would somebody go to the IVOA applications registry rather than 
sourceforge/google to find an application?

Some food for thought is in the NVO Summer School proceedings(*). 
Scroll down to the "Software Index" and ask which of these 22 
should/could/may/cannot be registered in the proposed applications 
registry.
Roy

(*) http://us-vo.org/summer-school/2005/proceedings/index.html


>> From: owner-registry at eso.org [mailto:owner-registry at eso.org] On 
>> Behalf Of Roy Williams
>> Sent: 26 January 2006 16:53
>> To: registry at ivoa.net
>> Cc: Roy Williams
>> Subject: Re: applications software metadata
>>
>> Here is the list of applications at the us-vo.org website:
>> http://www.us-vo.org/projects/tools.cfm
>>
>> If you would like to register your application, please click on "log 
>> in" at the lower left 0f this page, using the name/password 
>> Charles/Messier.
>>
>> Here is the metadata that is used for the application description:
>> Project Title
>> Headline (One sentence description of the project.)
>> Category (Please select appropriate category)
>> Project Description
>> Project Contact Information (First Name, Last Name, Email)
>> Project URL
>> Image (Is there an image or logo to accompany this project? )
>>
>>
>>
>> California Institute of Technology
>> 626 395 3670
>>
California Institute of Technology
626 395 3670
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