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---+ Resource Metadata

Last updated: 19 June 2007 - RayPlante

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---++ Standard Specifications

The standards for metadata used to describe resources in the VO come in two forms: prose documents that define the metadata concepts and XML Schemas used to encode them.  

---+++ Metadata Definition Documents 

---++++ Resource Metadata (RM)

   IVOA&nbsp;Recommendation:  [[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/RM.html]["Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory" v1.01]]<br>Robert Hanisch, Ed.

This document (euphemistically referred to as "RM") defines standard metadata concepts that describe resources, independent of any particular encoding format. It also describe the general resource model upon which the concepts are based.

This document is intended primarily for developers of new standards for encoding resource metadata.  

---+++ XML Schemas

---++++ VOResource

   IVOA&nbsp;Recommendation:  [[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/VOResource.html][VOResource:  an XML Encoding Schema for Resource Metadata (v1.03)]]<br> [[RayPlante]], Editor.  [[VOResourceV102RFC][RFC completed Aug 2007.]]

VOResource in general refers to a set of XML Schemas that includes a core schema (VOResource-v__X.X__.xsd) based on the [[#Metadata_Definition_Documents][RM]] Recommendation and a set of standard extension schemas that define particular types of resources. 

These schemas are intended for use by VO XML-based applications.  In particular, these schemas are used for supporting interoperable communication with resource registries.  

---++++ VODataService

   $ Working Draft: [[VODataService][VODataService: a VOResource extension for Data Collections and Services, v1.0]] (Aurelien Stebe and Ray Plante, editors)
      * [[VODataService][discussion, examples]]

---++++ VOStandard

---++++ Simple Services (SCS, SIA, SkyNode)

---++++ VOApplication

---++++ Other Extensions in Development

---++ Creating Registry Extensions

The [[VOResource]] has been designed to allow new metadata to be defined as an extension on the core.  The [[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/VOResource.html][VOResource specification]] recommends how to create extension schemas.  Additional information about extending the VOResource schema, consult the [[VOResource]] page.

---++ Useful Links and Tools for Developers

   * Tools for converting VOResource v0.10 to v1.0 can be found at [[RegUpgradeToV10]]

---++ Deprecated versions
   * [[VOResourceV010][VOResource v0.10]]
   * [[VOResourceV09][VOResource v0.9]]
   * Stylesheets for converting VOResource documents between versions 0.9 and 0.10:
      * [[%PUBURL%/%WEB%/VOResourceV010/VOResource-v0.9-v0.10.xsl][VOResource-v0.9-v0.10.xsl]]
      * [[%PUBURL%/%WEB%/VOResourceV010/VOResource-v0.10-v0.9.xsl][VOResource-v0.10-v0.9.xsl]]
   * [[%PUBURL%/%WEB%/IVOARegWp03/vor2dc_v9.xsl][vor2dc_v9.xsl]]:  XSL Stylesheet to convert VOResource v0.9 to OAI Dublin Core. 
   * [[%PUBURL%/%WEB%/IVOARegWp03/vomdoc-v0.3.xsl][vomdoc-v0.3.xsl]]:  XSL Stylesheet for creating HTML documentation for VOResource v0.9 and its extensions.
   * Schema to XForms converter (for VOResource v0.10): [[%PUBURL%/%WEB%/IVOARegWp03/xsd2XFm.xsl][xsd2XFm.xsl]].  See [[http://www.ivoa.net/forum/registry/0407/1072.htm][this summary]] for details.

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