Collaborative Page for the TAP Interface

The Table Access Protocol (TAP) is a second generation DAL interface being developed to provide a general access mechanism for tabular data, including but not limited to astronomical catalogs. TAP is a component of a more general table-oriented query architecture, which also includes a higher level distributed query / cross-match portal, and an Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) query language specification (ADQL is the responsibility of the VOQL working group). TAP is also part of the DAL family of data access interfaces.

TAP Working Drafts

[to be added]

TAP Meetings

TAP planning meeting (JHU November 2007).

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