MOC v1.0: Proposed Recommendation: Request for Comments

This page contains public discussion of the MOC v1.0 Proposed Recommendation; latest version PR-MOC-20140310

Versions under review

PR-MOC-1.0-20140106 (for RFC), PR-MOC-20140310 (for TCG review)

RFC Review Period

7 February 2014 - 7 March 2014

TCG Review Period

11 March 2014 - 8 April 2014

Reference Interoperable Implementations

MOC 1.0 has been implemented in the following software items :

• MOC Java API integrated in STIL, TOPCAT [starlink], and Aladin (since v7.5)[CDS]
• Sitools2/MIZAR [CNES]: Javascript implementation of MOC loading function and displaying function (sources).

Comments from the IVOA Community during RFC period: 7 February 2014 - 7 March 2014

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• Comment by EnriqueSolano
  • Is MOC intersection and/or union possible from Aladin/TOPCAT? If not, are there plans to implement this capability in the near future?
    • Aladin yes in v8 (Coverage menu); TOPCAT/STILTS no, but maybe one day
  • What is the meaning of the coloured figure that appears in the label of the tables? (Appendix B)
    • It is just a density map illustrating the density of the sources. -- Pierre
  • Pag. 14, Sec 3.3 "MOC Examples"
    • Should you want to include examples of data centres (others than VizieR) providing MOCs, you can point at our GTC and Calar Alto archives:
    • http://gtc.sdc.cab.inta-csic.es/gtc/jsp/searchform.jsp
    • http://caha.sdc.cab.inta-csic.es/calto/jsp/searchform.jsp
• Response (by WikiName)

Following Enrique's comments, we have decided it's best not to list any MOC-producing services or applications in the standard text, so sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of the 20140106 version have been removed. The items from here (including VizieR MOCs) are now listed instead, alongside the SVO MOC-producing services, on the MocInfo wiki page. The resulting version (no other changes) is PR-MOC-1.0-20140310.

-- MarkTaylor - 2014-03-10

Comments from TCG member during the TCG Review Period: 11 March 2014 - 8 April 2014

WG chairs or vice chairs must read the Document, provide comments if any and formally indicate if they approve or not the Standard.

IG chairs or vice chairs are also encouraged to do the same, although their inputs are not compulsory.

TCG Chair & Vice Chair ( _Séverin Gaudet, Matthew Graham )

Applications Working Group ( _Mark Taylor, Pierre Fernique )

Applications WG recommends acceptance. -- MarkTaylor - 2014-03-10

Data Access Layer Working Group ( Patrick Dowler, François Bonnarel )

Data Model Working Group ( _Jesus Salgado, Omar Laurino )

Grid & Web Services Working Group ( André Schaaff, Andreas Wicenec )

Registry Working Group ( _Gretchen Greene, Pierre Le Sidaner )

Semantics Working Group ( _Norman Gray, Mireille Louys )

Education Interest Group ( _Massimo Ramella, Sudhanshu Barway )

Time Domain Interest Group ( _John Swinbank, Mike Fitzpatrick )

Data Curation & Preservation Interest Group ( Alberto Accomazzi, Françoise Genova )

Knowledge Discovery in Databases Interest Group ( George Djorgovski )

Theory Interest Group ( _Franck Le Petit, Rick Wagner )

Standards and Processes Committee ( Françoise Genova)