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On Thursday, January 27, 2022, 06:02:17 PM EST, Accomazzi, Alberto <aaccomazzi@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv8362948109"><div dir="ltr">Dear Semantics,<div><br></div><div>I have been asked by NASA colleagues if there is an existing taxonomy of Missions, facilities and instruments in use in Astrophysics. This of course brought back fond memories of discussions I've had with some of you over the past decade, but I'm afraid I haven't followed any of the recent conversations on the topic.</div><div><br></div><div>So I found my way to the following IVOA pages:</div><div><a href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/UniFacil" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/UniFacil</a></div><div><a href="https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MetaTelInst" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MetaTelInst</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>From what I can gather, some progress has been made but there is still no official list that this WG has endorsed or is even considering at this point. Is this correct? And if so, are there any "work in progress" lists that are available for inspection?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alberto<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="yiv8362948109gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;"><colgroup><col width="445"><col width="275"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="min-height:90pt;"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>Alberto Accomazzi</b></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span 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