Vocabulary terms in MANGO

[Markus Demleitner]

Laurent,

On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 04:43:43PM +0100, Laurent Michel via semantics wrote:
> I totally agree with you.
> Xtypes provide some words that must be reused in MANGO.
> The problem is to find a convenient way to connect both worlds.
> Xtype definitions are sparse in the VO documentation and there is no hierarchy ordering them:
>     -  "xtype=hms" is at the same level as "xtype=moc"
>
> The connection with MANGO could be done just through the attribute definition:
>     - the value of this attribute must match one of (A,B,C) which
>     are Xtype allowed values as defined in XYZ
>
> Or dare I suggest another option which is to put Xtype values in a
> specific vocabulary (xtype.rdf)?

I think the idea of having a machine-readable list of xtypes as a
vocabulary has come up before, although I couldn't say where.  I
could see some applications beyond MANGO, in particular when we
consider re-opening xtypes beyond DALI.  Hm.

Pat, are you reading this?

           -- Markus