IVOA Roadmap for 2020A

This outlines the roadmap for development activities by the various IVOA working and interest groups in 2020 between the May and Oct Interops.

• IVOA Roadmap for 2020A
  • 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

Data Access Layer WG

Data Model WG

Grid_and_Web_Services_WG

Registry WG

Semantics WG

In Semantics, we will push ahead Vocabularies in the VO 2.0, aiming for RFC around the Granada interop. We believe the document now is essentially sound, and so the main challenge will be to gain sufficient implemenation uptake. We will try to engage authors of VOTable and VOResource validators, to extend the pyVO datalink client to take into account the term hierarchy, and to perhaps provide an ADQL user defined function that will allow the use of simple semantics in query expansion.

We will also work with the Registry WG on resolving the open question of what "use the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus" means for VOResource 1.1, aming for an Erratum to VOResource and perhaps some sort of agreement between the operators of RegTAP services on how to speed up the adoption of UAT use in the Registry.

Our ongoing activities include assistence in producing Vocabularies 2-style vocabulary enhancement proposals and moderating discussions, and maintaining the UCD controlled vocabulary.

Data Curation Preservation IG

Education IG

• IAU 367: Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy
• Release of the ESASky in Chinese

Knowledge Discovery IG

Operations IG

Solar System IG

Theory IG

Time Domain

Standard and Processes

Science Priorities