InterOpMay2004 Data Access Layer

Timetable

Monday May 24, 2004

1. Plenary
   • DAL Update [ .pdf ]

Tuesday May 25, 2004

1. Simple Spectral Access
   • SSA overview
   • SSA data model (J McDowell): Notes of discussion taken by M. Hill
   • Data representation (VOTable, FITS, XML, text)
   • Query interface: Notes of discussion taken by M. Dolensky
   • Demo of AVO SSA prototype (M Dolensky) [ .pdf, .ppt ]
2. SIA V1.1
   • General dataset metadata (identification, characterization)
   • UCD normalization
   • Logical dataset identifer proposal (R Williams)
   • Ranking proposal (A Rots)

Wednesday May 26, 2004

1. Catalog Access
   • Sky Node (W O'Mullane) [ .pdf, .ppt ]
   • Use of ADQL in DAL interfaces
2. Future Topics
   • Proposed extension to SIA (F Bonnarel)
   • Proposed extension to SIA (P Osuna)
   • Update on interferometry and event data (A. Richards)
   • Other issues
3. UCDs for DAL Interfaces (Joint with UCD WG)
   • Usage of UCD and UTYPE in DAL interfaces (D Tody)
   • UCDs for SIA (R Williams)
   • UCDs for SSA (J McDowell)

Reading Materials

• Simple Spectral Access
  • SSA Data Model
  • SSA Interface Summary
• SIA V1.1
  • UCD Normalization Proposal
  • Logical Name Proposal
  • Ranking (Score) Proposal
  • SIA V1.0 Interface (for reference)
• Catalog Access
  • Sky Node, ADQL
• Proposals
  • Proposed Extensions to SIA (F. Bonnarel)
  • Proposed Extensions to SIA (P. Osuna)

Materials and notes from the work group and plenary sessions