TCG Meeting (online) - Thursday August 28 2025 @ 13:00 UTC

Attendees

• Attendees :
• Regrets : Renaud, Mark A.

vconf: zoom link

Actions

• OPEN - put together a template for call for proposals; model after DAL
• NEW - (BC) Ask Markus about use case for object_type vocab proposal
• NEW - (ALL) brainstorm within groups about contributing to the data model usage hack-a-thon/workshop proposal
• NEW - (MM?) put issues on DocStd git repo and works towards a F2F meeting with TCG (interop?)

Agenda

• Review actions

• Roadmap 2025A
  • still uncomplete: https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/2025ARoadmap - please, complete it!

• (standing item): documents on track
  • RFC
    • VOEvent-2.1 - RFC page - implementations & validator check
    • StandardsRegExt-1.1 RFC page
    • MANGO-1.0 RFC page
  • EN
    • any?
  • Errata
    • any?
  • VEPs
    • any?
    • new vocabularies?
      • Calibration levels ( DRAFT)
      • Object types ( DRAFT)

• IVOA Northern Fall November 2025 Interoperability Meeting
  • Görlitz (Germany) - 14-16 November 2025
    • program: InterOpNov2025
    • website: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/3325/
    • ADASS XXXV website: https://indico.dzastro.de/event/4/
  • need to
    • start announcing
    • start program preparation (remember it's a "short" Interop)
  • plan to attend? in person/remote?
  • local support for a hybrid solution?
  • Highlighted topics (by group)
    • Apps: VOTable, demo session(s)
    • DAL: Cone Search next, progress on DALI, ADQL (arrays, enumeration)
    • DM: Focus on discussions on model usageDSP: Main topic: AuthN, how to provide tokens. This is becoming much more important. CDS is thinking about adding AuthN to services in general.
      • Radio/HE? Some advancements on docs. Radio ext note is in good shape but needs another pass. For HE about the same status as Radio with progress on the note, making final improvements for internal review. Will there be contributions to the interop based on notes (such as prototypes/implementations)? Not sure but will find out.
        • The goal is for the work to be presented to DM and the broader community so they can be integrated into the ObsCore developments.
    • Reg: Simulated data; Also Spatial coverage with MOC for data discovery layers at registry itself; discovering alternate (cloud) locations for data; RegTAP update for product type.
      • Can we look at registering HATS catalogs?

• AOB
  • astronet.ru (simple reminder bullet)
  • positions still TBF: Radio IG vice-chair role is open
  • new website: report
  • IGs & TCG/CSP interfacing

• Date for the next TCG vconf
  • Thursday 25 September 2025 @ 20:00 UTC - focus on Interop, be prepared

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