[nvo-techwg] Time series data

[Alasdair Allan]

Rob Seaman wrote:
> Pragmatically, the piratical individuals engaged in VOEvent and HTN  
> related projects just want a time series standard that is  
> utilitarian, simple, yet flexible.  They won't have infinite  
> patience waiting for it to arrive, however.  To gauge both the  
> completeness and elegance of an acceptable standard, the consensus  
> would likely be that STC resides somewhere outside our comfort  
> zone.  I doubt we could be motivated to accept such a complicated  
> sub-schema again.

I agree with all of this...

> We're a publication format.  Some of the things you mention could  
> be included as external references, but really we're just going to  
> want to define some XML element to be embedded in our packets.

...and with this, with the caveat that the agreed XML will (from the  
HTN side of things) also be injected into RTML documents passed  
between the robotic telescopes and software running the observing  
programmes on them as part of the negotiation preceding  time  
allocation, and for data return after the observations have completed.

> If the SED DM is mature enough to start scribbling possible  
> explicit time series representations, VOEvent would be delighted to  
> evaluate these and comment.

Ditto for HTN.

> If not, we will be tendering a simple, packet oriented  
> representation of our own for other groups to comment.  In either  
> case, we will be seeking a VOEvent related consensus quickly.

Ditto for HTN.

Al.