Non N-body simulations Roadmap

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Definition of the Microsimulation Domain (before Fall 2008 Interop)

- list of use cases (to be on the twiki) - determine who is able to implement a reference implementation in the future

Fall 2008 INTEROP:

At least a session on microsims:

• Setup of a task-force to work on DM and DAP for micro-sims (and possibly other aspect as semantics, data format etc.). The model here should be definied according the different types/requirements of microsimulations

Between Fall (Baltimore) 2008 and Spring 2009: ========================================= - start analysing the microsim domain with 1 or several options: . from scratch (Gerard's preference I guess) . evolution of SimDB (for a future v2.0 or simply reuse some general features) . reuse of others IVOA standards (SLAP, SSA etc.) or improvements. . close look to SimDM/DAP progress

Spring 2009 INTEROP: ================ - discuss DM/DAP for micro-sims (fully new DM, SimDB evolution, no DM at all, something else? note that SimDB/SimDAP should in RFC at that time)

After Spring 2009 INTEROP: ===================== The rest of the roadmap depends a lot on the options taken for micro-sims. If we have to develop a DM/DAL from scratch or if we have just to improve existing models, the timescale is really not the same. Conservatively, I envision to move these efforts to a WG (as for SimDB/DAP) in 2010 at last.