Dear radio astronomer,
The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA, http://www.ivoa.net) wants to help its affiliated Virtual Observatories to ensure that they will be able to provide access to radio data and interferometry data at all wavelengths. We apologise if you have received this email more than once or if you are not the appropriate person. If necessary please pass this on to the relevant person e.g. the archivist at your establishment, and let us know the appropriate contacts.
Development documents and discussions of the IVOA are available via http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/.
Further development of data models and other mechanisms suitable for
radio/interferometry data will take place in the appropriate working
groups and forums
http://www.ivoa.net/forum/index.html
and in particular Radio Astronomy, http://www.ivoa.net/forum/radiovo/
and Data Models - see introductory email there,
http://www.ivoa.net/forum/dm/0101.htm
We welcome your participation and urge you to subscribe and take part in discussions via radiovo-at-ivoa.net dm-at-ivoa.net and so on as appropriate
As a first step, we have drawn up a questionnaire to establish the current state and needs of radio/interferometry archives. Please fill this in and return it to radiovo-at-ivoa.net (only). You can view sample completed questionnaires as the 3rd and 4th messages under http://www.ivoa.net/forum/radiovo/
Thank-you very much.
Peter Lamb <Peter.Lamb-at-csiro.au> Anita Richards <amsr-at-jb.man.ac.uk>
ii) plots?
3. What can be accessed on-line?
4. Who can access it?
5. What are the methods of access?
6. What search parameters are available?
7. What is your Archive Policy?
8. What software do you use?
9. What software do users need, and can you provide it?
10.What format(s) are your data in (or can be translated into)?
11.Do you use pipelines?
12.How far are data normally reduced before being supplied to the
user?
13.Are these stages:
a) documented?
b) reversible?
14.Can data be processed remotely?
15.What Virtual Observatory projects (if any) are you involved in?
16.Do you use explicitly any interoperability tools, e.g. data models,
UCDs, VOTable?
17.Do you publish any data via existing VO-like facilities e.g. CDS,
MAST? 18.Making data acess easier for a wider range of astronomers - what are
your views on whether/how these suggestions should be impliments: a) Using a VO interface to radio observatories/data centres to run
hidden software to provide required image, light curve, visibilities etc.?
b) Supplying information about hidden processing (software, versions,
parameterisation, etc)?
c) Standardising the software in use at radio observatories/ data
centres?
d) Standardising the format of data products?
19.What do you think astronomers want from your data?
20.What are your plans for archive development or any other relevant
suggestions?
THANK-YOU