Semantics/UCDs

Session 1 (Wednesday 16 May, 10:30-12:00, Room 5)

UCDs

• Status (APM)
• Experiences and concerns (Bob) Tom McGlynn's paper concerning UCDs at HEASARC
• Utypes as URIs (NG — PDF)
• Utypes in DMs (JMD - utypes.ppt)
• Tools - syntax validator (APM)
• Discussion on how to deal with versions

Session 2 (Thursday 17, 10:30-12:00, Room 5)

Ontologies

• Ontology of astronomical object types (APM - ObjectTypes.ppt)
• Use cases for the ontology of object types (SD)
• ...

Vocabulary

• Astronomical keywords and the VO (APM)