A modest proposal for VOEvent

[Rob Seaman]

Hi Petr,

Don't know about a library, per se, but certainly the point of a  
stream definition will be to permit characterizing the key information  
from the packet in a standard fashion.  Where to point the telescope  
is high on everybody's list.

Rob
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On Feb 22, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Petr Kubánek wrote:

> OK, and will then stream provides provide me with library, which will
> convert their params to RA DEC I can use to point telescope on?
>
> Petr
>
> Roy Williams píše v Ne 22. 02. 2009 v 18:19 -0800:
>>
>> Petr Kubánek wrote:
>>> Then the question is: who will validate it and how you will  
>>> enforce that
>>> people will not invent their own names.
>>>
>>
>> Petr
>> One of the next pieces of the VOEvent structure is the "stream"
>> definition, it is like a schema for a particular set of events. The
>> stream defines the Params and Groups that will be used in events of  
>> that
>> stream, their meanings and UCD and units and descriptions. When the
>> event comes, it simply provides values for those pre-defined  
>> paramters.
>> Examples of streams are: Fermi, OGLE, Catalina, AAVSO, etc.
>>
>> Thus the event provider is constrained by the Params they have  
>> already
>> defined as their stream metadata.
>> Roy
>