Theory sessions

The theory sessions will mainly deal with the two projects we started last year in Victoria: simple numerical access protocol (SNAP) and simulation data model. Follow the links for material that will be discussed.

Session I: Simulation datamodel

• presentation Simulation data model (GL)
  • analysis
  • relation to discovery: SNAP archive
  • relation to SNAP protocol: SNAP services
• Discussions on specific aspects of the model (All)
  • characterisation
  • relation to Semantics WG, use of ontologies/data dictionaries, controlled vocabularies etc
• validation of the model .pdf (Patrizia Manzato)

Session II: SNAP protocol

• overview (GL, representing Claudio Gheller)
• relation to simulation data model
• discovery/querying: Registry and/or DAL and/or ADQL
• SNAP services
  • download
  • cutout
  • (re)gridding
  • visualisation
  • custom
• TODO list, roadmap

Session III: AOB

• Individual presentations
  • Nicolas Moreau: A generic interface to simulation codes, the Dalia protoype
  • Vincenzo Costa: Development of a Web accessible archive of data from cosmological simulations for the ITVO and correlated services in the framework of the PI2S2 project
  • Franck Le Petit: "How to introduce a code in the VO with Astrogrid"
  • Gerard Lemson: Experiences with the Millennium simulation database

• Discussion regarding further projects