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Astronomical Data Query Language
Version 2.00

IVOA Proposed Recommendation 30 April 2008

Interest/Working Group:
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaVOQL
Author(s):
Inaki Ortiz, Jeff Lusted, Pat Dowler, Alexander Szalay, Yuji Shirasaki, Maria A. Nieto-Santisteban, Masatoshi Ohishi, William O’Mullane, Pedro Osuna, the VOQL-TEG, the VOQL Working Group.
Editor(s):
Pedro Osuna, Inaki Ortiz

Abstract

This document describes the Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL). ADQL has been developed based on SQL92. This document describes the subset of the SQL grammar supported by ADQL. Special restrictions and extensions to SQL92 have been defined in order to support generic and astronomy specific operations.

Status of this document

This is an IVOA Proposed Recommendation made available for public review.
It is appropriate to reference this document only as a recommended standard that is under review and which may be changed before it is accepted as a full recommendation.



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