VOEvent WG status for 24 Feb 2010

[Rob Seaman]

A quick update on (some of the) upcoming VOEvent WG activities:

- A group is working to wrap up the simple time series (sub)schema.   
Wider comment will be sought soon.  This will appear in a draft of the  
VOEvent v2.0 spec when the dust settles.

- Many of the sections for the Hotwired book have been returned to the  
editors.  A revised outline will result.  Many thanks to all the  
authors!

- The participant list for Eventful Universe (Tucson, 17-20 March) has  
been updated (http://www.noao.edu/meetings/eventful-universe/participants.php 
).  Program update pending this week (I saw a handwritten version just  
now).

- The program for SPIE (San Diego, 27 June - 2 July) is online (http://spie.org/x13667.xml 
).  Several of the conferences have a time domain focus in 2010, in  
particular Observatory Operations, #7737, and Software and  
Cyberinfrastructure, #7740.  VOEvent WG members feature prominently.

Registration remains open for both meetings.  I believe student  
support is available for both.

- Planning for the IVOA InterOp (Victoria, 17-21 May) should begin  
soon.  A significant VOEvent participation is anticipated to coincide  
with wrapping up issues related to v2.0.

- A variety of infrastructure-building activities are ongoing with  
several different projects.  Everybody benefits from encouraging these  
and from getting the details (adherence to schema, etc) right.

If I missed your favorite topic (eg, SEAP) feel free to chime in.

Rob