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<H1>IVOA  VOTable</H1>
<b>VOTable</b> is an _XML_ format defined for the exchange of tabular data in   the context of the Virtual Observatory.<br/>
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<td align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <b>VOTable</b> future         release: Version <b>1.2</b> <em>(in preparation)</td>
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<td><u>Definition</u></td>
<td>[[%ATTACHURL%/VOTable-beta.xsd][<b>XML Schema</b> (VOTable 1.2-beta)]]</td>
<td>proposed new version of the XML-Schema for VOTable <em>(feedback welcome,   <b><font color='red'>to be discussed in Baltimore 2008</font></b>)</em></td>
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<td align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <b>VOTable</b> latest         release: Version <b>1.1</b> - August 11, 2004</td>
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<td><u>Definition</u></td>
<td>[[http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/VOTable-1.1.xsd][<b>XML Schema</b>        (standard reference)]]</td>
<td>[[%ATTACHURL%/VOTable-1.1.dtd][<b>DTD</b> (approximation derived from schema)]]</td>
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<td><u>Documentation</u></td>
<td>[[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/REC/VOTable/VOTable-20040811.html][<b>HTML</b>]]</td>
<td>[[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/REC/VOTable/VOTable-20040811.pdf][<b>PDF</b>]]</td>
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<td align="center" colspan="4" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <b>VOTable</b> previous       release: Version <b>1.0</b> - April 15, 2002 </td>
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<td><u>Definition</u></td>
<td>[[http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/xml/VOTable.dtd][<b>DTD</b> (standard reference)]]</td>
<td>[[http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/xml/VOTable.xsd][<b>XML Schema</b> (derived from DTD)]]</td>
<td>[[http://us-vo.org/xml/VOTable-basic.xsl][<b>XSL</b> (basic stylesheet)]]</ td>
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<td><u>Documentation</u></td>
<td>[[http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/doc/VOTable/votable-1-0.htx][<b>HTML</b>]]</td>
<td>[[http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/doc/VOTable/VOTable-1-0.pdf][<b>PDF</b>]]</td>
<td>[[http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/doc/VOTable/VOTable-1-0.tex][<b>LaTex</b>]]</  td>
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---++ Working Documents
   * Proposal for VOTable 1.2 (2008-10-21): ([[%ATTACHURL%/votable-20081021.pdf][PDF]])  <em><b>Draft version of VOTable1.2 Proposed Standard</b>, to be discussed in Baltimore </em>
   * Referencing STC in VOTable, V1.01 ([[%ATTACHURL%/note_stc-2008-10-18.html][HTML]]) corrects the errors mentioned (thank to Mark Taylor) <em>(to be discusssed in Baltimore)</em>
   * Proposal for VOTable 1.2: <em>[[%ATTACHURL%/votable.pdf][votable-1.2 (PDF)]] Draft version of VOTable1.2 Proposed Standard (superseded)</em>
   * Referencing STC in VOTable (V0.8, 10-Sep-2008): ([[%ATTACHURL%/note_stc_v0.8.pdf][PDF]]) <em> (superseded)</em>
   * Proposed *XML-Schema* [[%ATTACHURL%/VOTable-beta.xsd][<b>XML Schema</b>    (VOTable 1.2-beta)]]</td>
    <!--  * comments on this draft: VOTableRFC -->
   * Referencing STC in VOTable (V0.5, 14-Sep-2007): ([[%ATTACHURL%/note_stc.   html][HTML]]) ([[%ATTACHURL%/note_stc.pdf][PDF]]) <em>(obsolete)</em>


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---++ XML-Schemas
   * [[%ATTACHURL%/VOTable-beta.xsd][VOTable 1.2-beta]] is the proposed new     version of the XML-Schema for VOTable. It includes the modifications proposed   for VOTable1.2 (essentially about INFO). It was tested on several code          generators.


---++ Votable Sessions at Interop meetings
   * Baltimore (US), October 2008: InterOpOct2008VOTable
   * Cambridge (UK), September 2007: InterOpSep2007VOTable
   * Beijing (China), May 2007: InterOpMay2007VOTable
   * Moscow (Russia), September 2006: InterOpSep2006VOTable
   * Victoria (Canada), May 2006: InterOpMay2006VOTable
   * Madrid (Spain), October 2005: InterOpOct2005VOTable
   * Kyoto (Japan), May 2005: InterOpMay2005VOTable
   * Cambridge (Mass., USA), May 24/27 2004: InterOpMay2004VOTable
   * Strasbourg, Oct.  2003: InterOpOct2003VOTable
   * Cambridge (UK), May 2003: InterOpMay2003VOTable


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---++ VOTable Software
[[VOTableSoftware][VOTable available I/O libraries and tools]]


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---++ Mailing-list
   * General working-group discussion [[http://www.ivoa.net/forum/votable/      ][archive]].


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---++ Model-based Alternative
A spin-off effort has begun to develop a data model-based alternative data      exchange mechanism. This new standard is (tentatively) titled the VODaX         (Virtual Observatory Data eXchange) format. Since VODaX will be reliant upon an xml schema-based representation of the developing data model, a parallel effort has begun to develop this: see [[VODMX]].

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I	Attachment	History	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
pdf	VOTable-1-1.pdf	r1	manage	341.1 K	2003-11-16 - 19:21	FrancoisOchsenbein	Draft of VOTable 1.1
pdf	VOTable-1.09.pdf	r1	manage	362.0 K	2004-01-25 - 18:44	FrancoisOchsenbein	2nd draft of VOTable 1.1
pdf	VOTable-1.091.pdf	r1	manage	369.6 K	2004-02-04 - 21:44	FrancoisOchsenbein	3rd draft of VOTable 1.1
pdf	VOTable-1.093.pdf	r2 r1	manage	414.1 K	2004-04-08 - 08:35	FrancoisOchsenbein	2004-04-04 version for VOTable-1.1
pdf	VOTable-1.094.pdf	r1	manage	430.4 K	2004-06-07 - 15:16	FrancoisOchsenbein	2004-06-04 version for VOTable-1.1
dtd	VOTable-1.1.dtd	r2 r1	manage	5.6 K	2004-11-22 - 12:16	MarkTaylor	Approximate DTD equivalent of 1.1 schema
xsd	VOTable-1.1.xsd	r3 r2 r1	manage	16.7 K	2004-04-08 - 08:21	FrancoisOchsenbein	XML Schema for VOTable 1.093 (2004-04-04)
xsd	VOTable-beta.xsd	r1	manage	19.7 K	2007-09-14 - 15:30	FrancoisOchsenbein
html	VOTableAvailableSoftware.html	r1	manage	14.9 K	2004-02-04 - 10:23	UnknownUser	List of VOTable parsers and applications
html	note_stc-2008-10-18.html	r1	manage	59.2 K	2008-10-19 - 18:21	FrancoisOchsenbein	Version 1.01
html	note_stc.html	r1	manage	35.9 K	2007-09-14 - 12:17	FrancoisOchsenbein
pdf	note_stc.pdf	r1	manage	146.9 K	2007-09-14 - 12:17	FrancoisOchsenbein
pdf	note_stc_v0.8.pdf	r1	manage	178.8 K	2008-09-14 - 15:45	FrancoisOchsenbein	STC in VOTable, version 0.8
pdf	votable-1.2.pdf	r1	manage	393.0 K	2008-09-14 - 15:48	FrancoisOchsenbein	Draft version of VOTable 1.2
html	votable-1x.html	r1	manage	24.7 K	2003-10-06 - 15:47	FrancoisOchsenbein	Proposals for the next version of VOTable
pdf	votable-20081021.pdf	r1	manage	399.7 K	2008-10-21 - 10:18	FrancoisOchsenbein
pdf	votable.pdf	r1	manage	393.5 K	2008-09-16 - 11:13	FrancoisOchsenbein	Draft version of VOTable 1.2