> Tony inquires:
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>> Is there some IAU (or similar) group we ought to engage with to
>> ensure that this effort is welcomed by astronomers?
> The IVOA is that IAU group. We fall under Commission 5. The "O"
> in IVOA is there for a reason.
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>
> Back to being facetious?
Not my intent in the least.
> It pays to check these things – I’ve had efforts derailed in the
> past for not including all the appropriate stakeholders. And I
> assumed the list of stakeholders in a SV would be rather larger
> than the IVOA.
The deadline is tomorrow for letters of intent to host special
sessions at the 2009 IAU GA. I'm aware of two IVOA-related efforts
to organize such sessions. It's up to us to lead them, however, not
to punt (sorry - reference to American football) on all the difficult
questions.
In general, issues arise when they have to be addressed. Before the IVOA, questions of computer-aware semantics in astronomy had not topped the queue. Now they do.
The ball is in our court (Wimbledon may benefit from better internationalization).
Rob Received on 2007-09-14Z18:45:24