VOSpace

This is the main page for the VOSpace working group.

The main participants in developing this standard are :

• Paul Harrison (ESO)
• Matthew Graham (CalTech)
• Dave Morris (AstroGrid)
• Guy Rixon (AstroGrid)

Version 1.0

Version 1.0 of the specification is now an IVOA Recommendation. This covers the node identifiers and metadata, a flat file space, and the data transfer methods.

Specification

• Service specification
• WSDL for 1.0 service
• Schema for 1.0 service

• VOSpace-Usage.odt: vospace usage note version 0.1

Version 1.1

Version 1.1 aims to extend the VOSpace-1.0 specification to include links and containers.

Specification

• Service specification

Discussion

• Discussion page for 1.1 specification
• Old discussion page for VOSpace 1.1 features
• Discussion page for property registration
• Discussion page for data formats
• Mailing list archive

Version 2.0

Version 2.0 is a longer term project looking at changing the service from a SOAP service to a REST based service.

Specification

This version on the specification is under discussion.

Discussion

• Discussion page for specification
• Mailing list archive

Version 1.0 history

Discussion

The registry schema for describing propeties, formats etc is still under discussion. The discussion about the registry schema is now linked to version 1.1 of the service specification.

• Discussion page for property registration
• Resource schema (old version)
• Example document (old version)

The discussion pages that lead up to the V1.0 working draft are available here :

• Discussion page for the WSDL and XML schema (closed)
• Discussion page for specification (closed)
• Mailing list archive

Implementations