SimDB at IVOA Interop Strasbourg, May 2009

• TIG session: main discussion session, how to proceed towards standard.
  • explain current status (GL)
  • list of main issues per IG/WG
  • TIG: contents of model: web service, ...; normalisation as issue for usability: denormalised model?; ...
  • DM: use of existing models: characterisation, registry resource/curation); reuse by others: SimDAP, S3; ...
  • DAL: TAP compliance/usage, ..
  • Registry: how to register a SimDB service, registering SimDB/Resource-s;
  • Semantics (+TIG):
    • ...
  • AOB
• DM session: discuss role of DM WG in SimDB development
  • use of UML and UML profile
    • semantics
  • features of model: packages, level of normalisation
  • (re)use of existing models
  • creating representations (TAP/XML/UTYPE/...);
  • AOB
• DAL session
  • discuss SimDB's proposal for using TAP+REST
  • metadata:
    • OR mapping strategy.
    • how to represent predefined metadata in a specification.
    • link between TAP and REST spec
  • protocol TAP:
    • sync/async
    • UWS features
  • protocol REST:
    • GET only?
    • format
  • AOB