It has been suggested that the need for the SV is obvious and pressing. Is
it? What for? Maybe people could reply to this with their own views.
One question: is the IVOA able to create something which seems to more properly be the domain of the astronomical community as a whole. We already have trouble getting astronomers to engage with the VO (or so I gather from the concerns of the exec): will the creation of what is termed a Standard Vocabulary for astronomy be seen as an arrogant assumption? Is there some IAU (or similar) group we ought to engage with to ensure that this effort is welcomed by astronomers?
T.
-- Tony Linde Phone: +44 (0)116 223 1292 Mobile: +44 (0)785 298 8840 Email: Tony.Linde-at-leicester.ac.uk Web: http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~ael Project Manager, EuroVO VOTech http://eurovotech.org Programme Manager, AstroGrid http://www.astrogrid.org Chair, JISC U&I Workgroup http://tinyurl.com/ymxvqwReceived on 2007-09-14Z16:40:39