The Napkin Representation (fwd)

[Steve Allen]

On Thu 2007-07-05T18:07:41 +0200, Frederic V. Hessman hath writ:
> I'm no big fan of VOTable, but in this case, I have to agree: a
> VOTable can easily do the same thing as <NapkinLightcurve> but is
> already standardized and there are already parsers and tools.  The
> only complaint can be that VOTable isn't just for lightcurves so one
> has to check for the ucd's - so what, you'll have to do that anyway.

The Napkin severely restricted the number of options, far more so than
VOTable with the availble UCDs.  So whereas it implies a new parser,
the software support requirements for class libraries behind that
parser might be much less than with VOTable.  That was part of the
point of eschewing the complexity of STC which (perhaps along with the
preprandial drinks) inspired the napkin.

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