Hi Rick,
On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, Frederic V. Hessman wrote:
> Do we have the most recent AOIM (apparently, now called "AVM", so we may need
> to change names) taxonomy? What does IPTC/XMP look like? If the VAMP people
> are putting a lot of effort into tools, do they use/know about SKOS? I
> confess that I have no real personal ties to the people involved. Anybody
> know any of the authors?
This document is being shepherded by the Registry Working Group (as recommended by the IVOA Exec ~1 year ago). A revised version of the Note is available at http://www.virtualastronomy.org/AVM_DRAFTVersion1.1_02.pdf. A slightly revised version, formatted as a working draft, is imminent; I'm hoping to have it posted well in advance of Trieste.
While the document's profile has not been high in the IVOA to date, there has been a lot of discussion amongst the outreach community, and the authors are now interested in shifting more effort into the development of applications that use this standard. Consequently, this is a fairly advanced document.
I don't think the authors are aware of the semantics WG use of SKOS, but it would be good to get some informative dialogue going. The authors are not, what we might call, "IVOA insiders". They are, however, active in the astronomy outreach community, and their document is highly focused in its intent and target community.
I'll be setting up a twiki page under the Registry area to assemble discussion of the VAMP document and report on activities as development continues. Meanwhile, it would be great to hear from anyone that has an interest in the VAMP document and development. In particular, I would be interested to hear how VAMP and the semantics work relate to each other.
cheers,
Ray
Received on 2008-04-21Z15:12:58