Fwd: Technical question about v1.1 VOEvent schema

Rob Seaman seaman at noao.edu
Thu Feb 4 13:06:09 PST 2010



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> From: Bob Denny <rdenny at dc3.com>
> Date: February 4, 2010 12:03:34 PM GMT-07:00
> To: Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu>
> Subject: Re: Technical question about v1.1 VOEvent schema
>
> I don't think it's necessary to update the 1.1 schema, as it would  
> involve much
> more than just the <what> section. Once Jean-Michel gets past that,  
> he'll be
> faced with the STC model, and will probably look for alternatives as  
> I did.
> Replacing the existing 1.1 schema with mine (again referring to my  
> IVOA Note)
>
> http://ivoa.net/Documents/Notes/VOEvent/VOEventReflections-20090220.html
>
> would amount to q wholesale replacement. Recall, as I explained in  
> that note,
> that I started from scratch and build the schema by adding until I  
> was able to
> successfully handle every VOEvent message I could get my hands on.
>
> Jean-Michel, for now I'd suggest using your edited schema if you are  
> handling
> STC in your code, or contact me directly for my latest schema which  
> will handle
> everything currently flowing over the VOEvent network, but without  
> reference to
> STC. It is almost the same as the schema in the above note - I've  
> made a few
> little changes is all.
>
> Meanwhile, let's just make sure the 2.0 schema has been run through  
> at least one
> of the schema compilers successfully. That exercise alone will  
> undoubtedly
> reveal problems which can be addressed before 2.0 is released. I  
> volunteered to
> be one of those that runs those tests.
>
>  -- Bob
>

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