This outlines the roadmap for development activities by the various IVOA working and interest groups in 2018 between the College Park and Paris Interops.

• IVOA Roadmap for 2018B
  • Applications WG
  • Data Access Layer WG
  • Data Model WG
  • Grid and Web Services WG
  • Registry WG
  • Semantics WG
  • Data Curation & Preservation IG
  • Education IG
  • Knowledge Discovery IG
  • Operations IG
  • Solar System IG
  • Theory IG
  • Time Domain IG
  • Standard and Processes
  • Science Priorities

Applications WG

Python

• Continue to engage with Astropy community
  • Offer support for VOTable in Astropy core
• Astroquery VO registry module

VOTable Standards

• Shepherd TIMESYS element proposal through the change process.
  • Changes need to include the 3 existing errata.
• Work towards VODML-Mapping consesnsus.
• Determine if there are other driving factors for a new VOTable version.

Authentication

• Encourage application support for client authentication, working with Grid and Web Services WG to outline the scope and details.

HiPS

• Continue to encourage HiPS providers to declare their services in the VO registry according to the <a target="_blank" href="http://ivoa.net/documents/HiPS/index.html" title="HiPS Standard">HiPS Standard</a>(section 5.3).

Data Access Layer WG

• TAP-1.1
  • New PR reflecting decision
    • Alert community and update RFC accordingly
    • Update reference implementation and validator
  • Go REC and put TAPRegExt in RFC
• SLAP-2.0
  • Release official WD, then wait “VO-DML” SSLDM-2.0
• ObsLocTAP & ObjVisSAP
  • Progress WD
• ADQL-2.1
  • Continue 2nd reference implementation
  • Tackle REGION issue
• DataLink-1.1
  • Start revision on (subset?) of identified features
• Services weather report SHOULD warnings: take a decision
• Continue effort on polygon winding interoperability

Data Model WG

Grid and Web Services WG

For Paris:

• VOSI best practices note
• Science Platforms: call for standardization proposals on:
  • How to lookup registry capabilities for a platform
  • New capabilities applicable to science platforms
  • Container execution? Input Params? Output location?
• Group Membership Services -- feedback from community, new working draft
• XML Schema Versioning -- address known issues
• Bring 2 VOSI erratum to TCG
• Hold 2 or 3 GWS telecons

For consideration:

• Work with DAL on potential VOSI-based table uploads
• Extend Credential Delegation Protocol to include OAuth 2.0
• See if ICRAR pyvospace implementation experience can improve VOSpace standard

Registry WG

• RegTAP 1.1: Incorporate changes from Authentication/Authorization re TAP 1.1 and endpoints, including example queries
  • Work on reference implementation at MAST/NAVO
• Continue work on VODataService 1.2 regarding MOCs in the Registry, present May 2019
• Discovering Dependent Resources: Incorporate changes required by Authentication / Authorization re: TAP.
• Standards Records: We will continue to work with the chairs of the other IVOA working groups to ensure that they register their standards as envisioned by StandardsRegExt
  • VOEventRegExt: A new approach to registering event streams is being developed within TDIG. Registry will contribute to this work, preliminary effort to be presented May 2019
• Operations: We will keep making sure the registry system runs; in particular, we will address anomalies diagnosed by ESAVO especially including inconsistencies in the Registry of Registries
  • Registry will review validation done at the RofR level based on standards which have since been updated.
  • Registry will develop VOResource errata regarding # in identifiers, which causes validation failures
  • Registry maintainers will work on resolving OAI and Resource validation errors in their publishing registry implementations

Semantics WG

Data Curation & Preservation IG

Education IG

Knowledge Discovery IG

Operations IG

Solar System IG

Theory IG

Time Domain IG

Standard and Processes

Science Priorities