Re: VO or VObs

From: Ray Plante <rplante-at-ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 22:11:29 -0500 (CDT)


On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Wil O'Mullane wrote:
> Do we have one we should use in our IVOA documents ? In particular I wish to
> do the next draft of VOSupportInterfaces but should that be
> VObsSupportInterfaces as Guy names it ?

I think VO is fine; VObs is fine, also. The main thing for our standard documents is that any abbreviation must be spelled out in its first usage--as is "Virtual Observatory (VO)". There are few things more annoying to the conscientious outsider than undefined jargon.

cheers,
Ray Received on 2004-06-08Z05:13:24