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---+ Vocabularies working area

This is a scratch area for the various ongoing vocabularies projects.

   * Scope of a Standard Vocabulary: StdVocabScope
   * Use Cases for a Standard Vocabulary: StdVocabUseCases

The [[VocabulariesRFC][vocabularies document is in its RFC period]], until 10 October 2008 

Drafts and issues:
   * [[http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/latest/Vocabularies.html][Vocabularies document, latest version]]
   * The editors' draft at http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/ivoa/vocabularies is potentially updated at a somewhat higher cadence than formal releases
   * For document source, see the [[http://volute.googlecode.com][Volute repository]], in particular the [[http://code.google.com/p/volute/source/checkout][code checkout]]
   * Complete download, including SKOS vocabulary files, at [[http://code.google.com/p/volute/downloads/list][Volute downloads]]
   * Issues list at http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/ivoa/vocabularies/issues

---++ Vocabularies in the document

Issue ([[http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/ivoa/vocabularies/issues#vocabset-5][vocabset-5]]) was to decide which vocabularies to include in the standard document.  There are six vocabularies which have been associated with the draft standardisation process, namely
   * the A&A journal keyword list, the IVOA AOIM list, and the 1993 IAU thesaurus, whose inclusion is as far as I can see completely uncontroversial;
   * an IVOA Thesaurus based on the IAU-93, which may or may not be in this standard depending on whether people would prefer a completely separate process to develop it;
   * a UCD1+ vocabulary (though this deals with a different set of concepts ‚Äì namely data types ‚Äì from the other vocabularies and might arguably connect poorly to them); and
   * a SKOS version of the list of constellations, which is very simple, and which might reasonably find a home in this standard on that ground alone.
In addition, there are multiple informal keyword lists associated with the VOEvent arena (see [[http://www.ivoa.net/forum/semantics/0802/0682.htm][Roy's message]] and [[http://www.ivoa.net/forum/semantics/0802/0685.htm][Rob's]]).  These haven't been SKOSified at all, and Rick's excellent suggestion is that these be left as homework for the VOEvent group.

The resolution of that issue was that _all_ these vocabularies should be included in the document, except IVOA-T, which will have a parallel standardisation process.



-- IVOA.NormanGray - 12 Sep 2008




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Topic revision: r10 - 2008-09-12 - NormanGray

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