Vocabularies: next steps

[Rob Seaman]

>> I don't think the original IAU thesaurus saw any usage.  (Does  
>> anyone know of any?)  So, what would be the point of a mapping to it?
>
> Because it's trivial?  Going from the IAU source file to a SKOS file  
> is basically just changing punctuation (plus some technicalities  
> which Alasdair, Rick and Doug can surely talk about at length!).

Because astronomers at large need to see IVOA engaging with IAU  
processes.  Because there was nothing critically wrong with the IAU  
effort and it will form a functional core for our own effort that  
we've believed necessary for 2.5 years in one form or another.  The  
question isn't whether earlier generations discovered use cases for  
the thing, the question is whether it will serve to advance the cause  
of our own use cases.