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 part of the DAL family of data access interfaces.
TAP Working Drafts
TAP V0.3 - Current TAP Working Draft (October
2008)
Older Documents
TAP/Param V0.2 - TAP/Param draft (includes
TAP/Param functionality). This is based upon the discussions from
the tiger team meeting held at JHU last November
(
JHU November 2007), as well as follow-on discussions
regarding VOSpace integration, multi-region queries, and other topics.
TAP/QL V0.1 - TAP/QL Draft document focused on processing
ADQL queries, synchronous and asynchronous execution, integration with other IVOA services and metadata provision using VOSI constructs.
TAP related IVOA Notes
TAP Meetings
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KeithNoddle - 24 October 2008