IVOA Roadmap for 2020B
This outlines the roadmap for development activities by the various IVOA working and interest groups in 2020/2021 between the Nov and May Interops.
Applications WG
Data Access Layer WG
standards on the recommendation path
- DataLink-1.1
- WD progressing, new WD release (Q1-2021) after closing a few Pull Requests
- this might set the line for v.1.1
- further issues/features identified already for subsequent revision
- ADQL-2.1
- UDF Catalogue EN pending
- issues progressing, a few to close before next Proposed REC (Q1 2021)
- REC by/at Spring Interop
- DALI-1.2
- multipolygon still pending
- otherwise ready for PRec+RFC (Q1-2021)
- ConeSearch-1.1 [in connection with TD IG]
- work will progress to close issues
- a new WD before Spring 2021 Interop
- ObjVisSAP
- PR-1.0 nearly there (Q1-2021 at max)
- implementations ready, RFC & REC should be possible by/at Spring Interop
- ProvTAP
- continues work towards mature WD status (by Spring Interop)
- TAPRegExt [in connection with Registry WD]
- started move to GitHub repo
- WD release in Q1/Q2-2021
- SIAP-2.0 / SODA-1.0
- moving to GitHub repo (partly already there, including issues)
- work on new WDs based on existing feedback (WDs by 2021 Spring Interop)
- EPN-TAP [DM WG connection]
- WD-2.0 ready for the community
- progress depending on feedback
- ObsLocTAP [managed by DM WG]
- RFC for PR-1.0 should finish by end 2020, REC by XMas?
other standards & activities
- SLAP-2.0 -> LineTAP solution
- preliminary internal (to authors) WD
- progress expected to be reported at Spring 2021 Interop
- ProvSAP (idle)
- Following Radio IG, TD IG activities for requirements
- refer to the roadmaps of these IGs for details
- Spectroscopy data access could potentially lead new revisions
- file-oriented catalog data access: start of discussion
Data Model WG
Grid and Web Services WG
Registry WG
Semantics WG
Data Curation Preservation IG
Education IG
- Initiation of the partnership between the IVOA and IAU OAD
- Co-organization of the IAUS367, “Education and Heritage in the Era of Big Data in Astronomy”
Knowledge Discovery IG
Operations IG
Radio IG
Solar System IG
Theory IG
Time Domain IG
- ConeSearch-1.1 [in connection with DAL WG]
- Work will progress to close issues
- A new WD before Spring 2021 Interop
- MOC-2.0 [in connection with Apps WG]
- Need to adapt the 2 implementations to recent modifications
- In WD, aimed for a RFC before Spring 2021 Interop
- ObsCore extension for timeseries [in connection with DM WG]
- Have a running meeting on this topic.
- Draft a note to expose the elements before Spring 2021 Interop
Standard and Processes
Science Priorities