Re: VO Catalog presentation

Ok. We will allocate you a 10' slot.

I would be nice you or/and others could give us an update about where the Catalog DM stand nonetheless

Cheers,

Maria

On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Brian Thomas wrote:

>
> Oops. Sorry for the repeat..original mail was as my 'non-astronomer'
> self and may have bounced. Here's a second try...
>
>
> On Wednesday 21 September 2005 03:43, Maria A. Nieto-Santisteban wrote:
> > * Table data model (standard column names) Where does the Catalog
> > Data Model WG stand?
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure that I can speak for the Catalog working group, but I can
> present a VO Catalog model which has been proposed and is not (apparently)
> at odds with the other models presented by the WG.
>
> This catalog model is built for the purposes of being queried,
> holding a wide selection of the data which are present in the VO, is developed
> so that it can overlay a series of SQL tables/databases (e.g. SkyNodes
> accessed by ADQL), and can eventually be used in conjunction
> with other VO DM components (and as well a planned advanced form of UCDs
> .."UCD3").
>
> The query mechanism for this catalog is made in terms of "XQuery+" (an
> extended form of the standard XQuery). I can try to fit this all in to 10 min
> presentation.
>
> Some materials (all which is older, and not terribly organized at the moment,
> and which I am in the process of updating) for this model may be found at :
>
> http://archive.astro.umd.edu/VOCatalog
>
> and
>
> http://archive.astro.umd.edu/NX_api/index.html
>
> I shall also be presenting a poster on this work at the ADASS meeting which
> proceeds the IVOA.
>
> Thanks,
>
> =brian
>

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