Registration opening for May 2009 IVOA Interop meeting

[Rob Seaman]

I was under the impression that the vocabulary infrastructure was  
ready for adoption.  And I think we all expected some sort of VOEvent  
vocabulary to result from the discussions that started at the original  
workshop.  If most of this is subsumed by IVOAT now, perhaps even  
better.

This effort can proceed independent of VOEvent v2.0.  All we need to  
discuss for the standard is the question of how we want to use  
controlled vocabularies of whatever sort.  If we can just pin down the  
details of the XML plumbing, we'll be ready to take advantage of the  
new semantics infrastructure as it becomes available.  And conversely,  
VOEvent will provide a ready client for vocabularies to move these  
beyond a theoretical exercise.

How do I say, "this is a supernova type Ia"?  What sorts of semantic  
assertions are required or desirable for VOEvent packets?  How are  
these represented?  (Somebody say something quick before Roy tells us  
to stuff it into a Param!)

Rob
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On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Frederic V. Hessman wrote:

> Actually, the VOEvent vocabulary discussion in Santa Barbara may not  
> get too far, since the transition from UCD to multiple vocabularies  
> will take a while and the VOEvent people are interested in doing  
> science now.    Strassbourg will be a good way to get the VO  
> vocabulary work going again (I've neglected IVOAT recently and need  
> to get back), which will eventually then be more relevant for  
> VOEvent.   But I could be wrong....
>
> Rick
>
> On 10 Mar 2009, at 3:05 pm, Norman Gray wrote:
>
>>
>> On 2009 Mar 10, at 12:36, Rob Seaman wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 10, 2009, at 3:13 AM, Frederic V. Hessman wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll immediately raise my hand, especially since there's no way I  
>>>> can talk my way out of going to Strasbourg (classes, MONET,  
>>>> IYA2009 or whatever -
>>>
>>> Ok.  Anybody else?
>>
>> ...and I'll almost certainly be in Strasbourg in May, too.
>>
>>> This should let you coordinate with Norman or whoever from the  
>>> Semantics WG to give the vocabularies a good send off.
>>
>> What's the plan, here?  Does it include making some start on a  
>> VOEvent vocabulary?
>>
>> See you,
>>
>> Norman
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Norman Gray  :  http://nxg.me.uk
>> Dept Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester
>>
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