[BOSTON] Data Models at Interop

Dear Data Modellers,
 If I can distract you from the fun of email writing for a moment...

 I hope that many of you will be joining me in Boston on May 23-28. There are several kinds of activity I would like to draw your attention to:  

• Plenary sessions in Maxwell Dworking G115, 09:30 Monday and 13:30 Friday.
• Formal DM WG meetings.

   Tuesday  May 25 13:30  DATA MODELS 1 in Jefferson 356 (3 hours)
   Thursday May 27 13:30  DATA MODELS 2 in Jefferson 356 (3 hours)
   Friday   May 28  8:30  DATA MODELS 3 in Jefferson 356 (2 hours)
   

  I hereby solicit brief (10 to 20 minute)   presentations seeking to address specific issues   related to the OBSERVATION, QUANTITY and MAPPING models and   on future documents that the WG should produce. There are   separate WGs for UCDs and VOTable, but I will entertain submissions   on the use of UTYPE and on generic ways to serialize and use   DMs in the VO context.
  (I've already asked Anita to do a spiel on her work).

  Tentatively, I suggest that DATA MODELS 1 be devoted to the   OBSERVATION model, DATA MODELS 2 to QUANTITY and MAPPING, and   DATA MODELS 3 for wrapup on the documents and for discussion   on future directions. We can change this around if there   are travel constraints that conflict with this plan.

• Informal subgroup meetings. Editors of the various documents will meet to iterate in the hopes of making the documents ready to be official IVOA reccommendations. If you are not one of the editors but would like to become one for a specific document, please contact me. Much work (and a desire to compromise) is required. We'll have a brief meeting during the 11am break on Monday to set up plans for this.
• Fun. There are tentative plans for a party on the Tuesday evening, and as you know there is a banquet on Wednesday.

  Jonathan Received on 2004-05-12Z03:32:25