> VOTable is the basis for making a number of tools very powerful and very
> popular, because it is relatively simple and restricted - so easy for even
> the slightly geeky to understand - but also very easily interconvertible
> with other formats. For example, I would say that at least half (and
No, VOTable is not the basis, having an interchange standard is the basis for making those tools more powerful. It certainly is restricted but it is not simple: it is little more than a representation of CSV in angle brackets. It certainly is not 'easily interconvertible': XSLT or XQuery is the standard way of converting between XML and other forms but try doing that with VOTable.
T.
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> From: owner-dal-at-eso.org [mailto:owner-dal-at-eso.org] On Behalf Of Anita
> M. S. Richards
> Sent: 23 January 2008 09:43
> To: Doug Tody
> Cc: Alberto Conti; dal-at-ivoa.net
> Subject: Re: call for presentations at the Data Model sessions in
> Cambridge , September 2007
> ...
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