Euro-VO DCA SNAP Workshop, Garching, Apr 12-13 2007

A workshop in the context of the IVOA theory interest group, sponsored by the Euro-VO Data Center Alliance project. The workshop will discuss the SNAP protocol and its related data model.

Agenda

Thursday, April 12, 2007

9:30-10:00 GL, Welcome and introduction to the meeting

10:15 - 10:30 GL, the case for spatial simulations only in SNAP

10:00 - 10:15 HW, the case for generic N-dimensional simulated datasets in SNAP

10:30 - 11:15 GL, Simulation data modeling: analysis of the domain

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 GL, Simulation data modeling: the logical model for SNAP

12:00 - 12:30 Discussion

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 CG, Introduction to SNAP

14:30 - 15:00 CG, Simulation Selection and Units

15:00 - 15:45 CG + UB , Subset Selection(PI2S2 project)

15:45 - 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00 CG, The SNAP request

17:00 - 18:30 Round Table Discussion

20:00 Dinner in Munich, Weisses Brauhaus, first floor, reservation under name Lemson.

Friday, April 13, 2007

9:30 - 10:30 GL, Use of SNAP Data Model: discovery, query, serialisation

10:30 - 11:15 GL, Requirements on other IVOA data models: characterisation, quantity and sematics/ontology

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:00 CG, SNAP Result, XML and Binary Files

12:00 - 12:30 Discussion

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:00 CG, SNAP Data Staging and retrieving

14:00 - 14:30 CG, File Formats and Standards

14:30 - 15:00 GL, SNAP Registration

15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break

15:15 - 15:45 GL, Path forward, Plan for the Interoperability Meeting, Volunteers

15:45 - 16:45 Round Table

16:45 - 17:00 Closing Remarks

Material

The following documents will be discussed during the meeting. They are still in draft form, but should be finalised for discussion at least two weeks before the meeting.

• SNAP
• Simulation data model

Particpants

name	country
Miguel Cervino	Spain
Igor Chilingarian	France
Claudio Gheller	Italy
Norman Gray	UK
Jaiwon Kim	Germany
Gerard Lemson	Germany
Franck Le Petit	France
Mireille Louys	France
Patrizia Manzato	Italy
Herve Wozniak	France
Ugo Becciani	Italy
Sebastien Derriere	France

Visitor Information

The meeting is held at the Max-Planck Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, in Garching near Munich, Germany. The following link gives information how to get to the MPE and other useful details.

Accommodation

A block reservation has been made in

Hotel "Hoyacker Hof"
Freisinger Landstr. 9a
85748 Garching
Tel.: 089/3269900
Fax : 089/3207243
E-Mail: info@hoyackerhof.de
Internet: http://www.hoyackerhof.de/
Single room per night: 72,00 €
Double room per night: 98,00 €

If you are interested in using this, or if you have any other practical questions, please contact

Birgit Boller
email: birgit.boller@mpe.mpg.de
Phone: +49-89-30 000-3403
Fax: +49-89-30 000-3404

Presentations

Title/link	Author
Introduction	Gerard Lemson
SNAP data model	Gerard Lemson
Galactic use cases	Herve Wozniak
Snap_Garching07.ppt	Claudio Gheller
TVO-Selection.ppt	Ugo Becciani

Minutes and roadmap

Minutes provided by Herve Wozniak available here.

Additions to minutes by Mireille Louys here

Roadmap: