VOEvent References

Matthew Graham mjg at cacr.caltech.edu
Wed Mar 16 12:15:05 PDT 2011


From the 2008 NVO report:

"[VOEvent] V2 will add support for time series, orbital elements, science use case specific external schema, formal vocabularies, digital signing of packets, and enhanced reference and registry technologies"

Just saying!



On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Roy Williams wrote:

> Looks like VOEvent has several constructs to attach semantic and data model information to the event:
> 
> -- the natural language approach with the <Description>,
> -- the vocabulary approach with <Reference> and its uri type
> -- the UCD approach is available for Params and Fields
> -- The Utype construct is available for Params and Fields
> 
> Of course we have our opinions on which of these is best and how best to use them. But the critical matter is the VOEvent2 standard. Is there any change that anyone thinks needs to be made to the specification or schema? I have not heard that yet, looks like we are clear for PR and REC.
> 
> Roy
> 



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