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 has been submitted as an IVOA working draft. 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

The registry schema for describing propeties, formats etc is still under discussion.

• Resource schema
• Example document

Discussion

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

• Discussion page for the WSDL and XML schema.
• Discussion page for specification
• Mailing list archive

Implementations

Version 1.1

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

Specification

This version on the specification is under discussion.

Discussion

• Discussion page for specification
• 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