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EuroVO-DCA Support to Data Centres from non-partner countries Enrique Solano. Outline. The Workshop Purpose and objectives Organization After the Workshop. The Virtual Observatory IVOA Euro-VO Euro-VO DCA WorkPackage 6 Examples of projects supported by WP6. The Virtual Observatory.
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EuroVO-DCASupport to Data Centres from non-partner countriesEnrique Solano E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator Outline • The Workshop • Purpose and objectives • Organization • After the Workshop • The Virtual Observatory • IVOA • Euro-VO • Euro-VO DCA • WorkPackage 6 • Examples of projects supported by WP6
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator The Virtual Observatory A solution for the efficient scientific exploitation of the large, heterogeneousastronomical datasets distributed worldwide.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator IVOA Created in June 2002 with the mission to facilitate the international coordination and collaboration among projects.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator • Phase-A project. 2002-2004 • Funded by FPV Three communities explicitly taken into account by Euro-VO • Users: the whole astronomical community • VO developers (standards, protocols, portals, registry, tools, …) (Design Study VO-TECH, national and European Agencies VO projects,…) • Data Centres, who populate the system with data and services The VO in Europe
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator The EuroVO-DCA • Sixth Framework Programme • Duration: 1 Sep. 2006 – 31 Dec 2008 (to be followed by EuroVO-AIDA. Starting Date: 1 Feb 2008. Duration: 30 months) • EC contribution: 1.540 M€
Françoise Genova, Coordinator Project targets: data centres
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator Work Packages WP1 – Management (CNRS) WP2 – Definitionof European DCA strategy (CNRS) WP2-2 – Scientific aspects (CNRS) WP3 – Support to take-up and implementation of the VO framework (ESA/ESO) WP3-2 – Feedback from implementation (LU) WP4 – Theory in VO (MPG) WP5 – Coordination with computational Grid projects (INAF) WP6 – Support to data centres from other European countries (INTA)
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator WP6: work methodology • Support • Technical Visits: • To/from the Data Centre. • Close-contact after the visit: periodic reports and feedback. • Participation in DCA workshops • “Astronomical spectroscopy and the VO”, Madrid, March07. • “How to publish data in the VO”, Madrid, June07. • Regional VO info-workshops • Sofia, Bulgaria. 2008, Jan 24-25th.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator Portugal University of Lisbon. (André Moitinho). The project:“Development of a VO service to provide access to a catalog containing UBVRI photometric information of open star clusters”. Also interested in WP5 (“Grids”) Participation in the ESAC Grid Workshop (Nov’07)
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator Bulgaria Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Milcho Tsvetkov) The project:“VO-compliance of WFPDB scanned plates” Czech Republic • Ondrejov Observatory (Petr Skoda) • The project:“VO-compliance of the spectroscopic archive of the Ondrejov 2-m telescope (the largest telescope in the Czech Rep.)
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator Hungary Konkoly Observatory (Andras Holl) The project:“VO-compliance of the International Bulletin of Variable Stars”.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator The Workshop • Advertise VO in DCA non-partner countries. • Broader audience from these countries: • 9 DCA staff + 3 GAVO • 40 participants (32 Bulgaria, 3 Serbia, 3 Romania, 2 Hungary) • Day-1: • DCA lectures on: • The VO: Why is it necessary? • IVOA VO standards: access protocols, formats, data models, registries,… • VOtools & Vo Science • Presentations from participating Data Centres
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator The Workshop (II) Day-1 (second half) and Day 2: Hands-on sessions on how to publish in the VO. Guided by DCA tutors. Work on real data brought by the participants from their Data Centres.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator After the Workshop • If you are interested in getting support from DCA for your VO project, this is the way to proceed: • Does your Data Centre fit the DCA definition? • If so, send (me) an official letter of interest indicating: • Clear, focused objectives to be finished by the end of the DCA project (Dec 2008) • Specific needs • Added value for the DCA project • Contact point
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator What is also expected from supported Data Centres? • VO dissemination • University lectures. • Conferences for amateur astronomers. • Specific materials for teachers and students of secondary school. • Creation of a national VO infrastructure. Coordination of the national initiatives. • André Moitinho (Portugal) • Collaboration with Coimbra University • Presentation of the VO service to the Portuguese stellar community • Participation in the international VO initiatives • Petr Skoda (Czech Rep.) actively participates in the definition of the requirements for a proper handling of ground-based optical spectra in the VO.
E. Solano. INTA- Spanish VO EuroVO-DCA WP6 coordinator What kind of support can DCA provide? • Only technical support through workshops and technical visits. • Infrastructure and/or manpower are not allowed by Brussels.