Hi Bob - thanks for that link. Yes, I do remember the discussion
getting a bit bogged down with issues such as whether the cost of the
software ought to go in the registry entry.
On 12 Feb 2007, at 20:32, Robert Hanisch wrote:
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>> You seem to be thinking about getting app metadata out of an IVOA
>> registry. This is something we haven't done: the Hub only knows
>> about applications that are currently running. I think this is an
>> idea well worth exploring.
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> We started discussing applications metadata and adding it into the
> registry about two years ago, but the effort has kind of stalled.
> There are some notes from the Madrid Interop meeting that are
> relevant ( http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/
> InterOpOct2005ResReg), and at the bottom of this page you will see
> a link to ApplicationsSoftwareMetadata.pdf. I am curious whether
> this is the kind of information of interest, or if this information
> can be augmented to support the messaging needs.
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> Bob
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Received on 2007-02-12Z21:42:05