Application interest group Concluding remarks

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Application interest groupConcluding remarks

• Pierre Fernique - CDS

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Concluding remarks

• Two new VO tools
• Skymouse integrator of results
  (SimbadADSVizieRDSS)
• Octet advanced image data base

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Concluding remarks (cont)

• Very encouraging developments related to metadata
  usage (ucd, utype, unit...) to homogenise and/or
  compare data
• gt Meta data/characterization are now used
  outside their original sand box.

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Concluding remarks (cont)

• Plastic ideas and developments are now matures.
• gt Strong need to a formal IVOA document (notes
  ? working draft ?)

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Concluding remarks (cont)

• Central indexing system vsDistributed
  data/metadata
• VO has to handle bothfor the best