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Technical Specifications
Group Title Most stable In progress Version history
DAL Simple Cone Search 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.00
Simple Image Access 1.00 1.00
Simple Spectral Access 1.04 1.04 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.00
DaM Space-Time Coordinate Metadata for the Virtual Observatory (STC) 1.33 1.33 1.31 1.30 1.21 1.20 1.10 1.00 1.00
Data Model for Astronomical DataSet Characterisation 1.13 1.13 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.00
IVOA Spectral Data Model 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00
GWS IVOA Single-Sign-On Profile: Authentication Mechanisms 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.00
VOSpace service specification 1.02 1.10 1.10 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.00 1.00
ReR IVOA Identifiers 1.12 1.12 1.11 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.00 0.2 0.1
IVOA Registry Interfaces 1.00 1.00
Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.10 1.10 1.01 1.01 1.00 1.00 0.82 0.81 0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30
VOResource: an XML Encoding Schema for Resource Metadata 1.03 1.03 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.00
Semantics An IVOA standard for Unified Content Descriptors 1.10 1.10 1.10 1.06 1.05 1.03
UCD1+ Controlled Vocabulary 1.23 1.23 1.22 1.21 1.20 1.20 1.11 1.11 1.10 1.02 1.00
Maintenance of the list of UCD words 1.20 1.20 1.20 1.10 1.00
Ontology of Astronomical Object Types 1.00 1.00 N1.00
Vocabularies in the Virtual Observatory 1.00 1.00
SDP IVOA Document Standards 1.00 1.10 1.10 1.00 1.00 0.20 0.10
VOE Sky Event Reporting Metadata (VOEvent) 1.11 1.11 1.11 1.10 1.01
VQL IVOA Astronomical Data Query Language 2.00 RFC 2.00 2.00 1.01 1.00
IVOA SkyNode Interface 1.01 1.01 1.00
VOT VOTable Format Specification 1.10 1.10 1.094 1.093 1.09 1.00

Maturity level:      Recommendation         Proposed Recommendation         Working Draft   

Most stable: New systems should be developed against this version with the highest maturity level.

In progress: Indicates (if any) a new version of the document under development (but with a lower maturity level than its predecessor) and a link to the relevant Request For Comments (RFC).

Group: AppsApplications WG DALData Access Layer WG DaMData Modeling WG GWSGrid & Web Services WG ReRResource Registry WG SemanticsSemantics WG SDPStandards & Documents Process WG VOEVO Event WG VOTVOTable WG VQLVO Query Language WG n.a.not applicable



Notes
Title Latest Version
IVOA Procedures
Guidelines for Participation 1.00
Software Licensing Guidelines 1.00
Document Standards Management: Guidelines and Procedures 1.00
General
The IVOA in 2007: Assessment and Future Roadmap 1.00
The IVOA in 2006: Assessment and Future Roadmap 1.00
The IVOA in 2005: Assessment and Future Roadmap 1.00
Report to the 24th CODATA General Assembly on data activities in the IAU 1.00
Management, Storage, and Utilization of Astronomical Data in the 21st Century 1.00
Virtual Observatory Architecture Overview 1.00
Technical
A Proposal for Digital Signatures in VOEvent Messages 1.10
An encoding system to represent stellar spectral classes in archival databases and catalogs 1.00
Space-Time Coordinate (STC) Metadata Model 1.31
Introduction to CEA and UWS 1.00
An RDF version of the VO Registry 1.00
Implementations of the Characterisation Data Model 1.12
Footprint Overlay Specification 1.01
The Registry of Registries 1.00
Utype list for the Characterisation Data Model 1.11
Astronomical Keywords in the era of the Virtual Observatory 1.00
UTypes and URIs 1.00
UWS recast as a REST protocol 1.00
PLASTIC - a protocol for desktop application interoperability 1.00
Ontology of astronomical object types (1) 1.00
Astronomical Outreach Imagery Metadata Tags for the Virtual Observatory 1.00
Ranking Query Result Sets 1.00
Design and Implementation of the AstroGrid Workflow system 1.00
Data Model for Astronomical DataSet Characterisation 1.00
Single-Sign-On Authentication for the IVO: introduction and description of principles 1.00
A Proposal for a Common Execution Architecture 1.20
Data Model for Observation 1.00
DAL query Response with Extensions: Use cases and implementation rules. Example of SIAP 1.00
STC-X 1.00
STC-S 1.30
Data Model serialisation in VOTable 1.00
Proposal for an evolution of the SIA protocol 1.00
Simple Spectral Access for ISO data 1.00
Lessons Learned Using the VOResource XML Schemas in the NVO 1.00

(1) Note has been superseded by a Working Draft



Document promotion process summary
Here is a summary of the document promotion process as described in IVOA Document Standards recommendation.
  1. Working Group prepares Working Draft (version ≥1.0) and submits to Document Coordinator for posting in the IVOA document collection.
  2. Working Group reviews the Working Draft. Two reference implementations of any associated software are recommended.
  3. The Chair of the Working Group, with consent of the WG, promotes the document to a Proposed Recommendation and submits it to the Document Coordinator for posting in the IVOA document collection.
  4. The Chair of the Working Group issues a formal Request for Comments (RFC) to the e-mail distribution list interop@ivoa.net. The RFC and all comments must be logged on a TWiki page whose URL is given in the RFC. A minimum comment period of 4 weeks must be allowed.
  5. The Working Group Chair responds to comments on the TWiki page. If comments lead to significant changes to the document, the status reverts to Working Draft (back to Step 1).
  6. If comments are addressed to the satisfaction of the WG Chair and WG members, the WG Chair requests the IVOA Chair to submit it to the Executive Committee for approval.
  7. The Executive Committee is polled by the IVOA Chair to ascertain if there is consensus for promotion to Recommendation.
  8. If yes, the IVOA Chair reports on approval to the WG Chair and asks the Document Coordinator to update the document status to Recommendation. If no, the concerns of the IVOA Executive need to be resolved and a new poll taken, or if serious revisions are required, the document would revert to Step 1.
  9. The IVOA Executive may propose to the IAU Commission 5 that IVOA Recommendations be endorsed as IAU Standards.
More info about the Standard Document Process can be found in the Guidelines and Procedures for IVOA Document Standards Management note.


Submission Log
Date Document ID Version Initiator I/W Group Action
2008-05-15 VOEventDigiSig-20080514 1.10 Robert B. Denny N/A updated
2008-05-14 SpectClasses-20080508 1.00 Myron Smith Semantics published
2008-04-30 ADQL-20080430 2.00 Pedro Osuna VQL WD to PR
2008-04-30 ADQL-20080325 2.00 Pedro Osuna VQL published
2008-03-19 vocabularies-20080320 1.00 Norman Gray Semantics published
2008-03-14 VOEventDigiSig-20080313 1.00 Robert B. Denny N/A published
2008-03-11 VOSpace-20080311 1.10 Matthew Graham GWS published
2007-02-26 Footprint-20080215 1.01 F. Bonnarel n/a updated
2008-02-25 ConeSearch-20080222 1.03 R. Plante DAL PR to REC
2008-02-25 VOResource-20080222 1.03 R. Plante ReR PR to REC
2008-02-04 DocStd-20080206 1.10 R. Hanisch SDP published
2008-02-04 SSA-20080201 1.04 D. Tody DAL updated
2008-01-24 SSOAuthMech-20080124 1.01 Matthew Graham GWS PR to REC
2008-01-24 VOSpace-20080124 1.02 Matthew Graham GWS PR to REC
2007-12-20 SSA-20071220 1.03 D. Tody DAL PR to REC
2007-12-07 STC-Model-20071205 1.31 A. Rots n/a updated
2007-12-07 STC-S-20071205 1.30 A. Rots n/a updated
2007-11-09 CharacterisationDM-20071108 1.12 M. Louys DM PR to REC
2007-10-31 STC-Model-20071030 1.30 A. Rots N/A published
2007-10-31 STC-20071030 1.33 M. Louys DM PR to REC
2007-10-31 SpectrumDM-20071029 1.03 M. Louys DM PR to REC
2007-10-05 IntroductionCEA_UWS 1.00 Guy Rixon n.a. published
2007-10-02 IVOARoadMap-2007 1.00 Christophe Arviset TCG published
2007-09-24 RDFVORegistry-20070920 1.00 N. Gray n.a. published
2007-09-19 SSA-20070917 1.02 Doug Tody DAL updated
2007-09-19 ConeSearch-20070914 1.02 R. Plante DAL updated
2007-09-14 CharacterisationDM-20070914 1.12 M. Louys DM updated
2007-09-14 SpectrumDM-20070913 1.02 J. McDowell DM updated
2007-09-10 VOSpace-20070907 1.02 Matthew Graham GWS updated
2007-09-10 SSOAuthMech-20070904 1.01 Matthew Graham GWS updated
2007-08-16 ImplementationCharacterisation-20070813 1.12 M. Louys n.a. updated
2007-08-08 Footprint-20070709 1.00 F. Bonnarel n/a published
2007-07-24 VOSpace-20070723 1.01 Matthew Graham GWS updated
2007-07-12 SpectrumDM-20070711 1.01 J. McDowell DM updated
2007-07-05 RegistryOfRegistries-20070628 1.00 R. Plante ReR published
2007-07-05 VOResource-20061107 1.02 R. Plante ReR WD to PR
2007-07-05 ConeSearch-20070628 1.01 R. Plante DAL updated
2007-06-27 UtypeListCharacterisationDM-20070625 1.11 M. Louys n.a. updated
2007-06-27 VOSpace-20070626 1.00 Matthew Graham GWS WD to PR
2007-06-27 SSOAuthMech-20070621 1.00 Matthew Graham GWS WD to PR
2007-06-20 STC-20070614 1.31 Arnold Rots DaM updated
2007-06-04 SSA-20070604 1.01 Doug Tody DAL WD to PR
2007-05-31 SSA-20070529 1.01 Doug Tody DAL updated
2007-05-30 CharacterisationDM-20070530 1.11 M. Louys DM WD to PR
2007-05-23 UtypeListCharacterisationDM-20070522 1.10 M. Louys n.a. updated
2007-05-23 ImplementationCharacterisation-20070522 1.11 M. Louys n.a. updated
2007-05-16 UtypeListCharacterisationDM-20070510 1.00 M. Louys n.a. published
2007-05-16 ImplementationCharacterisation-20070509 1.10 M. Louys n.a. published
2007-05-16 CharacterisationDM-20070509 1.10 M. Louys DM updated
2007-05-16 SSA-20070508 1.00 Doug Tody DAL published
2007-05-15 SpectrumDM-20070515 1.01 Jonathan McDowell DaM WD to PR
2007-05-03 SpectrumDM-20070502 1.01 Jonathan McDowell DaM updated
2007-05-03 AstroKeysTN-20070425 1.00 A. Preite Martinez Semantics published
2007-04-03 UCDlist-20070402 1.23 A. Preite Martinez Semantics PR to REC
2007-03-26 ConeSearch-20060908 1.00 Doug Tody DAL published
2007-03-23 UCDlist-20070323 1.22 A. Preite Martinez Semantics updated
2007-03-15 IDs-20070302 1.12 Ray Plante ReR PR to REC
2007-03-07 VOSpace-20070304 1.00 Guy Rixon GWS published
2007-03-05 STC-20070228 1.30 Arnold Rots DaM updated
2007-03-05 utype-uri-20070302 1.00 Norman Gray n.a. published
2007-03-02 RM-20070302 1.12 Ray Plante ReR PR to REC
2007-02-26 UWS-REST-20070226.html 1.00 Guy Rixon n.a. published
2007-02-19 AstrObjectOntology-20070219 1.00 A. Preite Martinez Semantics published
2007-01-03 RM-20061212 1.12 Ray Plante ReR updated
2006-12-05 PlasticDesktopInterop-20060601 1.00 John Taylor n.a. published
2006-11-14 AstrObjectOntology-20061031 1.00 A. Preite Martinez Semantics published
2006-11-13 UCDlist-20061107 1.21 A. Preite Martinez Semantics updated
2006-11-13 VOEvent-20061101 1.11 Roy Williams VOE PR to REC
2006-11-07 VOResource-20061107 1.02 Ray Plante ReR updated
2006-11-07 RegistryInterface-20061107 1.00 Ray Plante ReR published
2006-10-24 SpectrumDM-20061024 1.00 Jonathan McDowell DaM published
2006-10-20 CharacterisationDM-20061020 1.00 Mireille Louys DaM published
2006-10-06 UCDlist-20061006 1.20 A. Preite Martinez Semantics WD to PR
2006-09-28 AOIMetadata-20060919 1.00 Robert Hanisch n.a. published
2006-09-06 UCDlist-20060906 1.20 A. Preite Martinez Semantics updated
2006-09-01 Ranking-20060901 1.00 Markus Dolensky n.a. published
2006-08-31 IVOAParticipation-20060817 1.00 Bob Hanisch n.a. published
2006-08-31 IVOALicensing-20060707 1.00 Bob Hanisch n.a. published
2006-08-23 Identifiers-20060822 1.11 Ray Plante ReR updated
2006-08-11 VOEvent-20060810 1.11 Rob Seaman VOEvent updated
2006-06-29 VOEvent-20060629 1.10 Roy Williams VOEvent WD to PR
2006-06-28 VOResource-20060620 1.01 Ray Plante ReR updated
2006-06-06 IVOARoadMap-2006 1.00 Roy Williams n.a. published
2006-05-31 VOResource-20060530 1.00 Ray Plante ReR published
2006-05-28 UCDlistMaintenance-20060528 1.20 Masatoshi Ohishi UCD PR to REC
2006-05-22 SSOAuthMech-20060419 1.00 Guy Rixon GWS published
2006-04-21 UCDlistMaintenance-20060421 1.20 A. Preite Martinez UCD updated
2006-03-14 UCDlistMaintenance-20060307 1.10 A. Preite Martinez UCD WD to PR
2006-02-28 DMAstroDS-20060228 1.00 François Bonnarel n.a. published
2006-02-27 AstrogridWorkflow-20060227 1.00 Noel Winstanley n.a. published
2006-01-02 UCDlist-20051231 1.11 Masatoshi Ohishi UCD PR to REC
2005-11-22 UCDlist-20051109 1.11 A. Preite Martinez UCD updated
2005-11-15 RM-20051115 1.10 Tony Linde ReR 30dd RFC
2005-11-07 UCDlistMaintenance-20051107 1.00 A. Preite Martinez UCD published
2005-10-18 UCDmaintenance-20051018 1.00 A. Preite Martinez n.a. published
2005-10-13 UCDlist-20051011 1.10 A. Preite Martinez UCD updated
2005-10-02 SSOintro-20051002 1.00 Guy Rixon n.a. published
2005-09-12 UCD-20050812 1.10 Masatoshi Ohishi UCD PR to REC
2005-08-19 UCD-20050812 1.10 A. Preite Martinez UCD uploaded
2005-08-08 RoadMap-20050808 1.00 Roy Williams n.a. published
2005-07-14 VOEvent-20050714 1.00 Roy Williams VOE published
2005-07-13 UCD-20050707 1.10 A. Preite Martinez UCD updated
2005-07-12 UCDlist-20050712 1.02 A. Preite Martinez UCD WD to PR
2005-06-24 SkyNodeInterface-20050602 1.01 Masatoshi Ohishi VQL updated
2005-06-24 ADQL-20050602 1.01 Masatoshi Ohishi VQL updated
2005-06-23 RM-20050621 1.10 Marco Leoni ReR published
2005-06-02 SkyNodeInterface-20050602 1.00 Masatoshi Ohishi VQL published
2005-06-02 ADQL-20050602 1.00 Masatoshi Ohishi VQL published
2005-05-13 CEADesignIVOANote-20050513 1.20 Paul Harrison n.a. published
2005-05-03 UCDlist-20050503 1.00 Sébastien Derriere UCD published
2005-04-21 DMObs-20050421 1.00 François Bonnarel n.a. published
2005-04-20 DalResp-20050420 1.00 François Bonnarel n.a. published
2005-03-15 STC-20050315 1.21 Arnold Rots DaM WD to PR
2005-03-14 STC-S-20050315 1.00 Arnold Rots DaM dep. v1.0
2005-03-14 STC-X-20050315 1.00 Arnold Rots DaM published
2005-03-03 Identifiers-20050302 1.10 Ray Plante RR updated
2005-03-01 LinearSTC-20050301 1.00 Arnold Rots DaM published
2005-02-25 STC-20050225 1.20 Arnold Rots DaM updated
2005-01-05 STC-20050105 1.10 Arnold Rots DaM updated
2004-10-26 UCD-20041026 1.06 Sébastien Derriere UCD updated
2004-09-10 IAUCodataReport2004-20040910 1.00 Marco Leoni n.a. published
2004-08-23 UCD-20040823 1.05 Sébastien Derriere UCD WD to PR
2004-08-11 VOTable-20040811 1.10 Andy Lawrence VOT PR to REC
2004-07-26 STC-20040723 1.00 Arnold Rots DaM updated
2004-07-21 STC-20040721 1.00 Arnold Rots DaM published
2004-07-16 OECDWhitePaper-20040315 1.00 Bob Hanisch n.a. published
2004-06-21 Identifiers-20040621 1.10 Ray Plante RR updated
2004-06-15 IVOArch-20040615 1.00 Roy Williams n.a. published
2004-06-08 VOTable-20040608 1.10 François Ochsenbein VOT updated
2004-05-24 Sia-20040524 1.00 Doug Tody DAL published
2004-05-22 ModelVOTSer-20040522 1.00 François Bonnarel n.a. published
2004-05-21 SiapEvolution1-20040521 1.00 François Bonnarel n.a. published
2004-05-21 UCD-20040521 1.03 Sébastien Derriere UCD published
2004-05-21 SpectrumAccessDimensionalEquation-20040521 1.00 Pedro Osuna n.a. published
2004-05-17 VOTable-1.1 1.10 François Ochsenbein VOT dep. v1.0
2004-05-17 VOTable-20040517 1.10 François Ochsenbein VOT 30dd RFC
2004-05-14 PossibleSIAPExtension-20040514 1.00 Pedro Osuna n.a. published
2004-04-29 Procedures-20040425 1.00 Marco Leoni SDP published
2004-04-26 RM-20040426 1.01 Peter Quinn ReR PR to REC
2004-03-05 RMExperience-20040305 1.00 Ray Plante n.a. published
2004-03-05 Identifiers-20040209 1.10 Ray Plante ReR updated
2004-01-26 RM-20040126 1.00 Tony Linde ReR WD to PR
2003-11-03 Identifiers-20031031 1.00 Ray Plante ReR WD to PR
2003-10-24 DocumentStandards-20031024 1.00 Peter Quinn SDP PR to REC
2003-10-16 RM-20031016 1.00 Bob Hanisch ReR published

Action: WD to PRPromote from Working Draft to Proposed Recommendation PR to RECPromote from Proposed Recommendation to Recommendation NNdd RFCInitiate NN-day RFC publishedDocument published updatedDocument updated dep. vN.NDeprecates version N.N




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