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### IVOA Overview and Goals: Enhancing Interoperability in Astronomy (Baltimore, October 2008) ###

The IVOA (International Virtual Observatory Alliance) meeting in Baltimore from October 26-31, 2008, focused on enhancing interoperability standards, fostering collaboration, and increasing VO (Virtual Observatory) awareness within the astronomical community. Highlights include recent events such as workshops, team meetings, and working group discussions aimed at promoting standards and addressing major concerns in communication and operations. Reports from working groups and initiatives to improve website functionality demonstrated progress in the IVOA's mission to enable astronomical research and data sharing. ###

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### IVOA Overview and Goals: Enhancing Interoperability in Astronomy (Baltimore, October 2008) ###

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  1. IVOA InterOperability Meeting Overview Dave De Young Baltimore 26 – 31 October 2008

  2. IVOA Goals • An Alliance of Projects for: • Developing Interoperability Standards • Enhancing Communication • Fostering Collaboration • Cultivating VO Awareness and Usage by The Astronomical Community

  3. Some Events Since Trieste • Euro-VO DCA Workshop: 23 – 27 June • NVO Team Meeting : 30 June – 1 July • 10th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU: 3 – 6 Aug • IVOA Exec: Telecon 7 August • TCG Telecon: 4 September • NVO Summer School : 3 – 11 September • JENAM 2008 – Vienna: 8 – 12 September • Ast. Data and VO – Kiev: 5 – 8 October • VO Information Day – Lisbon: 23 – 24 October

  4. Some Events Since Trieste • ADQL to RFC • GWS: VOSpace to RFC • GWS: Credential Delegation Protocol to RFC • Document Standards to RFC • DAL Progress on TAP Working Draft • Theory IG: Microsimulation Protocol Note • Semantics: Stellar Spectral Classes Note

  5. Highlights from Exec Meeting • Reports from WG/IG Chairs • Focus on Current WG/IG Problems and Issues • Provides Essential Input for Exec Discussion • Reports on Newsletter, Ad Hoc Working Groups • Issues: • RFC and Promotion Process • Promotion to Standard from IGs • May Interop: Strasbourg

  6. Status of Prospective New Members and Inactive Projects • Argentine – Initial Contact Made • Australia – Currently Inactive • Brasil – Funding Pending • Bulgaria – Continuing Interest • Chile – Under Development • Korea – Currently Inactive • Portugal – Emerging Interest • Romania – Under Development • Turkey - Possible Initiative

  7. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Some Major Issues from the Survey: • Pace of Promotion to Standards • IVOA and the Astronomy Community • Communication within IVOA • Functioning of WGs and IGs • Transition to Operations • Website; Relation to Other Disciplines

  8. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Formation of ad hoc Assessment Working Group • F. Genova, R. Hanisch, M. Ohishi, F. Pasian, N. Walton, D. De Young (chair) • Identify Major or Urgent Issues, Develop Recommendations • Report Adopted by Exec May 2008 • Major Areas of Concern: • Comunication – Internal and External • IVOA, Data Centers, Astronomy Community, Other Disciplines • IVOA in the Era of Operations, Validation

  9. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up • Progress Made to Date: • Website Redesigned; Continually Improved • (Thank you, Bruno) • Number of Interop Parallel Sessions Reduced • Terms & Function of WG/IG Chairs Clarified • Links to Exec Made More Clear • Format of October Interop Meetings Revised

  10. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • Formation of Take-Up Working Group • Established During Trieste Interop • M. Allen, D. De Young, E. Hatziminaoglou, A. Kembhavi, A. Lawrence, P. Padovani • Discussed Problems, Forwarded Report to Exec • Extremely Important Issue – Survival of VO • Direct IVOA Role: Interop Presentations on Needs of Astronomy Community • Support Dedicated Workshops; Gather Information • Support VO Portals – Tools and Techniques

  11. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • Formation of Liaison Working Group • C. Arviset, D. De Young, F. Genova, M. Ohishi, F. Pasian, N. Walton • Follow-on to Trieste Plenary and Special Sessions • Establish Liaison with Other Disciplines • Explore Mutual Problems and Areas of Interest • Developing Tools, Standards, & Protocols • Communicate Results, Experience • Common or Recurrent Themes or Needs – Standards? • STP, Planetary Science, Particle Physics, Earth Science

  12. IVOA Assessment Follow-Up – Recent Developments • IVOA Newsletter • Origins in Proposed APPS Newsletter – M. Allen • Editors: M. Allen, S. Emery-Bunn, E. Hatziminaoglou, R. Mann, T. McGlynn, C. Miller, A.. Richards, J. Tedds • Oversight by Subset of Exec • Charter Written and Adopted • Draft Version Created • Publication: Imminent

  13. Coming Events • ADASS XVII – Quebec : 2 – 5 November • Euro-VO AIDA Workshop: 1 – 3 December • Euro-VO SAC: 11 – 12 December • 2nd Euro-VO AIDA Workshop: Spring 2009 • IAU General Assembly: August 2009 • VO WG Being Formed • International Year of Astronomy

  14. Some Highlights for This Meeting • VO Front Row! • Discussions and Progress on TAP • Theory IG: SimDB, SimDAP, Microsim Note • Further Discussons of ADQL • GWS: VOSI, VOData Resource Schema • (Involves Registry, DAL) • And Many More…

  15. IVOA Goals • An Alliance of Projects for: • Developing Interoperability Standards • Enhancing Communication • Fostering Collaboration • Cultivating VO Awareness and Usage by The Astronomical Community

  16. Goals of IVOA – What We are About • We Are About Enabling Astronomcical Research • Development of Complex Technical Tools: • Is Essential to Some of This, But… • Because It Can Be Done Does Not Imply It Should Be Done • Near Term: Get Useful Tools & Services to Astronomers Now

  17. Thanks to: • The Program Organizing Committee • The Local Organizing Committee

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