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. 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)

Discussion

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

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
• Discussion page for property registration
• 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