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---+ IVOA Roadmap for the 2025B time span

This outlines the roadmap for development activities by the various IVOA Working and Interest Groups between the November 2025 (Görlitz) and the June 2026 (Strasbourg) Interops.

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---+++ Working Groups

---++ Applications WG
   * <b>Documents:<br /></b>
      * VOTable REC1.6 - still a number of issues to fix
      * MOC3.0 - to start
      * !HiPS2.0 (3D) - to move to GitHub and start
      * HATS1.1 - in progress

   * *Miscellaneous*:
      * Migrate SAMP repo to Github
      * Initiate and support cleaning up VOTable related code in astropy
      * !PyVO maintenance and evolution

---++ Data Access Layer WG
---+++ Primary
   * *DALI*
      * REC-1.2 by June 2026
   * *ObjObsSAP*
      * PR-1.0 by June 2026
      * One client implementation (+ more server impl. if possible)
      * One additional validator (already having EuroVO one)
   * *Conesearch*
      * WD-1.1 early 2026
      * 
      * <span style="background-color: transparent;">!OpenAPI document</span>
      * PR-1.1 by Nov. 2026
      * v2.0 to be actively discussed
   * *SLAP*
      * WD-2.0 by June 2026
      * Import use cases from !LineTAP
      * Change from SSLDM to the set of columns proposed in !LineTAP
      * Fix some UCDs
      * One implementation is expected
   * *TAP*
      * WD-1.2 by June 2026
      * Complete !OpenAPI (along with VOSI)
      * Finish Persistent upload tables
      * Clarify TAP_SCHEMA.columns.unit: explicitly use !VOUnit
---+++ Secondary
   * *ADQL*
      * WD-2.2
      * Move from BNF to PEG grammar
      * Review the optional status of some features
      * Support arrays/vectors
      * Study support of MOC
   * *TAPRegExt*
      * WD-1.1
      * Allow feature support and limits per mode (async vs sync)
      * Deprecate data model declaration
      * !DALIInterface
   * *Datalink*
      * WD-1.2
      * Restructure the document _(Service Descriptor in DataLink doc, VOTable resource for Datalink maybe as appendix of VOTable ?)_
      * Get a solution to provide data across multiple locations
      * Support path parameters in service descriptors
   * *DAP* (Data Access Protocol)
      * WD-1.0
      * Proceed with renaming, expansion of supported data product types
      * Miscellaneous changes
   * *SODA*
      * Return extended metadata
      * New transformation types
---++ Data Model WG

   * *MANGO 1.0*: Model for ANnotating Generic Objects
      * Complete RFC process.
   * *CAOM 2.5* Integration
      * Complete remaining open issues and documentation updates.
      * Discuss possible deprecation of unused !ObsCore fields (deprecation candidates)
      * Submit document and implementations for community review in preparation for RFC
   * *ObsCore*
      * Complete port of !ObsCore -1.1 document to ivoatex and apply tag
      * Make branch for v1.2 updates
      * Begin pushing content changes to PRs for discussion.
   * *ObsCore Extensions*
      * Do final sweep of Notes and submit to TCG as PENs as ready.
      * Work migration of model changes for !ObsCore proper
      * Work migration of extended content to (TBD)
   * <b>VO-DML 1.1</b><br />
      * Review PRs internally
      * prioritize updates required for CAOM/ObsCore work.
   * *Spectrum 1.2:* Submitted RFEs
      * File Erratum for VOCLASS examples
      * Close discussion for adding DATE-BEG/END (DATE-OBS) as options for the 'observation start/end time'
   * *Monitor*
      * <b>LineTap: </b>Stay in the loop of DM portion of this standard update (DAL led)
      * <b>Provenance: </b>Increasing interest and work in expressing provenance in data products (One-step Prov, !DataOrigin)
      * <b>VOEvent 2.2: </b>General VOEvent activities
---++ Distributed Services Protocols WG [from 2025A]
   * *Execution Broker (previously known as Execution Planner)*
Consolidated Working Draft at

<a href="https://github.com/ivoa-std/ExecutionPlanner" title="https://github.com/ivoa-std/ExecutionPlanner">https://githuhttps://github.com/ivoa-std/ExecutionBroker</a>

- Dave Morris working on prototype as part of SRCNet, integrating with CANFAR. To be presented in Gorlitz

   * *AuthVO*
- First version of the draft at:

https://github.com/ivoa-std/AuthVO/

Main discussions on the inclusion of bearer tokens. Expected agreement and presentation in Gorlitz

   * *VOSpace*
New draft 2.2 was delayed as per <i> [[DALGWSTigerTeam][P3T]] </i>new efforts. This version will include - Simplified transfer negotiation - Improved recursive operations - Simplified quotas

Project stopped due to work conflicts with other activities

   * *SSO*
New draft 2.1 or 3.0 is being evaluated. SaraBertocco has the lead on this activity

   * *Software Discovery*
Discussions on the need for a discovery protocol for software discovery with enough information for execution. Expected colaboration with DAL

---++ Registry WG

   * CURRENT FOCUS
      * Investigate "Serving Simulated Data in VO Services/Collections"
         * cf https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/InterOpNov2024DAL/DAL_at_IRSA_Laity.pdf
         * Open question: reuse SSAP datasources for VODataService ?
      * Support data publishers towards filling coverage information as MOCs in publishing registries according to REC RegTAP-1.2
      * Investigate with DPS (ex GWS) WG if necessary to have "alternative links" for DataLink in the Registry 
      * Prepare future RegTAP-1.3 to facilitate searching by product type served after VODataService-1.3

   * STANDARDS IN PROGRESS
      * [P1] DocRegExt-1.0 (editor: MD) "Educational Resources in the Virtual Observatory"
         * https://github.com/ivoa-std/DocRegExt
         * Status: RFC in progress https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/DocRegExt10RFC
      * [P2] VODataService-1.3 (editor: MD) "A VOResource Schema Extension for Describing Collections and Services"
         * https://github.com/ivoa-std/VODataService
         * Status: WD https://ivoa.net/documents/VODataService/20241113/index.html
         * adding a productTypeServed element child to to DataService
         * working on mechanism to flag and discover simulated data
      * [P3] RegTAP-1.3
         * facilitate searching by product type served

   * CONTINUOUS WORK
      * Implementation: Continue developing and maintaining the new PyVO Registry search and discovery API
      * Curation and Validation: continue Spring Cleaning (the goal is to correct Registry issues, as introduced at College Park Interop in June 2025) and On-boarding Effort (prepare and fund a workshop to discuss and disseminate best practices for registry publishing) [on hold]
      * Continue discussions on "Linking capabilities with tablesets" (cf https://wiki.ivoa.net/internal/IVOA/202404InteropRegistry/InterOpMay2024Reg_linking_capabilities_tablesets.pdf)
      * Continue involvement with DCP IG, esp. on the note "Data Origin and the VO" https://www.ivoa.net/documents/DataOrigin/


---++ Semantics WG [from 2025A]
   * Vocabularies :
      * &lt;nop&gt;ObsFacility Vocabulary (Liza Fretel, Obs. Paris) : build a consolidated vocabulary
      * Small bodies classification : EPNcore vocabulary
      * [[https://www.ivoa.net/rdf/refframe/2022-02-22/refframe.html][Reference Frames]] : extension to Reference Frames in Heliophysics (E. David, Obs. Paris & R. Weigel, NASA)
   * Increasing FAIR for heliophysics metadata : [[https://zenodo.org/records/17372739][mapping from SPASE to schema.org and DataCite]] (Z. Boquet)
   * UCD list v1.7 preparation : see the [[https://github.com/ivoa-std/UCDList][GitHub page]] and [[UCDList_1-7_RFM]]
      * work on an "IVOA vocabulary" version of the UCD list.
   * Work on [[http://ontoportal-astro.eu/][OntoPortal-Astro]]
      * Consolidate Advisory and User Group
      * Develop new version with : ontology FAIR evaluation, recommender/annotator, ontology browsing and mappings, advanced APIs

The current roadmap has strong interaction with the [[IvoaSS][Solar System IG]].

---+++ Interest Groups

---++ Data Curation Preservation IG [from 2025A]
   * Continue efforts on a DOI note
   * Promote Data Origin (see <a href="http://ivoa.net/documents/DataOrigin/" target="_blank">http://ivoa.net/documents/DataOrigin/</a>) to working Group ( Data Model, [[DALI]]?) in order to have a basic Provenance in the VO<br />astropy [[https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/whatsnew/7.1.html#new-astropy-io-votable-dataorigin-module][ astropy.io.votable.dataorigin ]] module available in version 7.1
   * Investigate standard used in scientific community (eg DCAT). Make the bridge with Open Science
   * Promote Bibliographic Interfaces (see <a href="https://www.ivoa.net/documents/Notes/BibVO/20240214/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.ivoa.net/documents/Notes/BibVO/20240214/index.html</a>)
   * Investigate data curation aspects to feed AI: legal aspects, citation, etc.
---++ Education IG

---++ High Energy IG

HEIG Goals:
   1 ObsCore extension
      1 HEIG Obscore extension Notes in near final form; need to get it out for review
      1 Obscore extension coordination with DM WG & others to move this to WG level
      1 ObsCore extension prototypes - CTAO using simulation data; CXC using Chandra Source Catalog data access
   1 VOEvent - followup/continuation from the side-meeting we had in Malta; form a plan
   1 DataModel /Event List/High Energy data formats - pursue next steps
---++ Knowledge Discovery IG
   * <span style="background-color: transparent;">Reflect the state of the scientific and technological art in AI to the VO community</span>
   * Work on a survey of AI usage and service implementation in the VO and data centers
   * <span style="background-color: transparent;">Investigate standards for multimodal astronomical AI-ready data</span>
---++ Operations IG

Ongoing activity:
   * Monitor VO health:
      * Coordinate "weather reports" (service compliance)
   * Address non-compliancy:
      * Identify common/persistent errors
      * Support/encourage service operators to improve service compliance
      * Work with WGs on standards-related issues
   * Validation:
      * Ensure validators are available (IvoaValidatorsSummary)
      * Encourage use of validators:
         * on deployed services
         * during standard development
   * Communication:
      * Provide forum for discussion of operational issues
      * Host/invite "site reports"
      * Encourage feedback communication between ops services and data providers
Specific focus:
   * Improve validators list
   * Promote uptake user agents note
   * Authentication as an operational necessity
   * Operations in the cloud
   * Push for service metadata improvements:
      * VOUnits, UCDs
   * Security in VO services
      * Encourage TAP validators developers to add checks for sql injection susceptibility
---++ Radio IG
   * Finish ObsCore Radio Extension note
   * Bring implementations in alignment with note
   * Contribute to ObsCore update in collaboration with DM WG
   * Engage with ADPCG (Advanced Data Products Coordination Group) to improve support for radio data products beyond visibilities and (raw) images in the VO.
---++ Solar System IG [from 2025A]

<b>  •  EPN-TAP 2.1</b><br />  &#x2043;  progress in various fields (sort out heliophysics and body-fixed coordinate frames, draft taxonomy for small bodies )<br /><b>  •  Workflows</b><br />  &#x2043;  Installation tests, mock-up service<br /><b>  •  Use cases</b><br />  &#x2043;  Collect some in planetary science & heliophysics<br />  &#x2043;  start generating more tutorials / education actions<br /><b>  •  Expose planetary content from telescope archives</b><br />  &#x2043;  Assessment of ST-MOC extraction<br />  &#x2043;  Inventory of existing methods<br /><b>  •  Stellar occultations by small bodies</b><br />  &#x2043;  Draft DM for occultations<br />  • <b> EPN-TAP support in pyvo</b><br /><br /><br /><br />

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---++ Time Domain IG [from 2025A]
   1 Finalization of the VOEvent2.1 document -&gt; validator, reference implementations
   1 Work/testing/discussions around temporal HiPS3D
   1 Develop proposal for VOEvent3.0 in discussion with various alert communities.
---+++ Committees

---++ Standard and Processes

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Topic revision: r17 - 2026-01-26 - RenaudSavalle
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