Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone has recommendations on development software for working with VOTables, XML Schema or FITS files. Particular areas we're interested in here are:
XML Binders --- the Caltech group used Breeze to create and distribute a Java class hierarchy (JAVOT) for manipulating VOTable data, reading and creating VOTable files. Are there features that recommend Breeze over alternatives, such as Sun's JAXB?
Are any of the participants working with a C++ binder and class library?
FITS file libraries --- we're trying the Java package nom.tam.fits. Any other suggestions?
Just to give some context, to support our demo system we're writing some translators to reformat FITS headers from several example archives into VOTables. We're presently using Java, nom.tam.fits and JAVOT, though we're early enough in development to change if we want. We're making some very provisional object definitions, such as a WCSXFORM object to encapsulate the pixel-to-sky coordinate transformation, so we may need to experiment with with modifications to the VOTable schema, which is why we're interested in the XML binder.
Thanks for any advice,
Steve
Received on 2002-11-05Z17:01:01