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< < | This Simple Cone Search (SCS) defines a simple query protocol for retrieving records from a catalog of astronomical sources. The query describes sky position and an angular distance, defining a cone on the sky. The response returns a list of astronomical sources from the catalog whose positions lie within the cone, formatted as a VOTable. | ||||||||
> > | This Simple Cone Search (ConeSearch) defines a simple query protocol for retrieving records from a catalog of astronomical sources. | ||||||||
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> > | The query describes sky position and an angular distance, defining a cone on the sky. The response returns a list of astronomical sources from the catalog whose positions lie within the cone, formatted as a VOTable. | ||||||||
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< < | Current IVOA Recommendation is SCS-1.03 (20080222). | ||||||||
> > | Current IVOA Recommendation is ConeSearch-1.03 (20080222). | ||||||||
Its RFC page can be found here and the sequence of PR leading to SCS-1.03 can be found in the IVOA Document Repository. Errata for this specification can be found here. | |||||||||
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> > | Next page for this specification can be found here. | ||||||||
Current ActivitiesA revision of the Simple Cone Search is in progress. | |||||||||
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< < | The latest DAL internal Working Draft for SCS-1.1 is attached to this page (dated 2017-10-09). Have a look at the changelog for an idea of the changes. | ||||||||
> > | The latest DAL internal Working Draft for ConeSearch-1.1 is attached to this page (dated 2019-11-15). Have a look at the changelog for an idea of the changes. | ||||||||
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< < | The drafting process can be followed on the volute SVN repo and discussion will happen on the DAL mailing list and possibly summarised on the SCS-1_03-Next TWiki topic. | ||||||||
> > | The drafting process can be followed on the IVOA-std GitHub repo (replacing the former volute, already in ivoatex format). | ||||||||
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> > | Discussion will happen on the DAL mailing list, DAL sessions, slack channels and other media, and possibly summarised on the Cone Search 1.03 Next TWiki topic. | ||||||||
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