hi dave
i think the main user of the VO is the business community - VO = Virtual Organisation.
But a Virtual Observatory is a good example (I hope!) of a Virtual Organisation thus I don't see a problem using VO (usually it will be in context, or carfully defined in cases where confusion with the more generic use VO could result).
cheers, nic
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On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Dave De Young wrote:
> It should be VO, even if that does require
> an occasional explanation to the IT community. Our ultimate user
> group (and funding source) is the astronomy community, not the
> IT community.
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> Dave De Young
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Received on 2004-06-08Z16:19:21