Markus Dolensky, ESO

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The AVO ProjectOverview Context

• Markus Dolensky, ESO
• Technical Lead

ST-ECF Monday Meeting

10-May-2004A number of slides are based on other
presentations given by various AVO team members
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Project Partners
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Project Aims

• To lay the scientific and technical foundations
  for a European Virtual Observatory
• To join the capabilities of new Grid technologies
  to astronomical research
• To form a collaborative alliance with
  international efforts on Virtual Observatories

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Work Program

• Science
• Define key requirements for large, complex
  multi-wavelength astronomy projects

Interoperability Development and prototyping of
new standards for data content, data description
and data discovery
Technology Study and prototyping of Grid
technologies that allow distributed computation,
manipulation and visualization of data
Demonstrations
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Orgchart
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ESO/ST-ECF VO Work Force
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International Virtual Observatory Alliance
Mission To facilitate the international
coordination and collaboration necessary for the
development and deployment of the tools, systems
and organizational structures necessary to enable
the international utilization of astronomical
archives as an integrated and interoperating
virtual observatory
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Roadmap

• June 2002 - IVOA formed
• January 2003 Coordinated Demo 1
• New, introductory functionality
• Finding and solving hard problems!
• July 2003 International Demo
• IAU Sydney, international access
• January 2004 Coordinated Demo 2
• Definition of new standards for data access and
  data discovery
• January 2005 Coordinated Demo 3
• Complex new functions for knowledge discovery
  the Grid

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AVO IVOA 2003

• IVOA Working Group - Applic. to AVO demo
• Data Access Layer SIA/SSA servers
• Data Model IDHA, SED, 1d spectra
• Grid/Web Services WS infrastr., Sesame
• Registry registry prototype
• UCD e.g. cross matching
• VOTable the exchange format
• in bold IVOA priority WGs for 2003

http//vm06.astrogrid.org8080/astrogrid-portal/m
ain/mount/registry/registry.html
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AVO IVOA 2004

• IVOA Working Group - Applic. to AVO year 3
• Data Access Layer SSA format, PAL
• Data Model observation, spectrum
• Grid/Web Services WS infrastr., JES
• Registry workflow, MySpace
• VOTable V1.1

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2005
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3-tier Archive Structure
Science Archive Facility (VO tools protocols
new Opticon Analysis Env.)
Euro-VO TC
Operational Archive (PI Packages, pipelines,
OTF, added value, ...)
Archive Operations DCA
Raw Data (pixel archive, meta data DB, ...)
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• Where to find us
• www.euro-vo.org
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