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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

DataLink-1.1
- WD in progress
- a few issues to solve
  - RFC6570 for templated endpoints to be further investigated
- RFC by Fall or end 2020
ADQL-2.1
- still a few issues to go
  - 1 Errata to close
  - UDF Catalogue EN to connect to
- PR, RFC by Fall 2020
- REC by end 2020
DALI-1.2
- need to identify timing
- should be aligned with ADQL-2.1
  - ADQL "REGION" dependency on DALI
ConeSearch-1.1
- WD to be released with current status and TIME parameter addition
  - latest updates already available on GitHub
- align/submit issues on GitHub repo
- progress WD in summer and by Fall 2020
ObsLocTAP & ObjVisSAP
- WHERE IS ObsLocTAP now? DM or DAL?
  - ObsLocTap-1.0 RFC is set as started in DM
- ObjVisSAP WD 0.5 expected to progress to 1.0 during the summer/fall
ProvTAP / ProvSAP
- ProvTAP progress slowed down
- ProvSAP idle
TAPRegExt
- started move to GitHub repo
- revision in view of the "caproles" discussion
SIAP-2.0 / SODA-1.0
- gathering feedback also from PyVO implementations
SLAP-2.0
- this specification is now stopped waiting for a possibly different solution
  - if VAMDC to VO modelling works it will be dropped
  - else it will be resumed and follow SSLDM-2.0

Data Model WG

Grid_and_Web_Services_WG

Registry WG

Operations:

Ongoing validation: check all registry contents for standards validation and consistency
Encourage takeup of altIdentifier information, especially DOIs, and consistent facility/instrument metadata, across publishing registries
Facilitate creation and updates of VOResource versions of standards records as we update the GitHub repository, and provide them to the Registry of Registries

Standards:

Continue work on VODataService 1.2, especially regarding MOCs in the registry
Explore registration for HiPS nodes
"Caproles" revisions: collaborate with DAL on TAPRegExt revisions, make supporting changes in base Registry standards as required

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.