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Christophe Arviset Paolo Padovani EURO-VO DCA Review, EC, Brussels, 10/01/2008 page 3 EURO-VO Workshop on how to publish data in the VO ESAC, June 2007TRANSCRIPT
Christophe ArvisetPaolo Padovani
EURO-VO DCA Review, EC, Brussels, 10/01/2008 page 1
DCA WP3 ReportSupport to take-up and implementation
of the VObs framework
Christophe Arviset (ESA-VO)Paolo Padovani (ESO)
Christophe ArvisetPaolo Padovani
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WP3 main objectives WP3 organizes the activities necessary to distribute
knowledge of the VObs framework among European data centres (Workshops and visits)
WP3-2 gathers feedback from the VObs framework implementation by data centres.
WP3 work plan• Organization of workshops on how to publish data into the VObs• On-site visit to data centres to help them to publish their data holding
into the VObs
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EURO-VO Workshop on how to publish data in the VO
ESAC, 25-29 June 2007http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/
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Workshop Organization Geared towards data centres and large projects to acquire
the knowledge and experience necessary to allow them to become "publishers“ in the VO.• Small data providers not excluded
Workshop announcement through• DCA Board and PCT (forwarded to National data centres)• EURO-VO mailing list• IVOA mailing lists• At previous EURO-VO workshop in March 2007
Workshop pages• http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/
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Workshop Programme Parallel sessions about publishing data using existing tools
within EURO-VO
Publishing catalogues• DSA (Astrogrid), SAADA (OV-France), DMMapper (ESA)
Publishing spectra• DALToolkit (ESA), MEX (ESO)
Publishing images• DALToolkit (ESA), SAADA (OV-France), MEX (ESO)
VOEvent Hands-On Session
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Workshop Participants Around 70 participants registered
• Around 45 “real” data centres participants• Advisors, ESA VO, ESO “excluded”
Good target audience for a technical meeting• ~45% were programmers, • ~45% were system administrators • ~10% were astronomers
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Workshop Participants Distribution Note that some
partners had organized “similar” national workshops (eg UK)
Some EC “outsiders” (link with WP6)
EURO-VO DCA June Workshop Participants distribution per country
19
9
5
3
3
2
1
1
1
1 1 SpainFranceGermanyPortugalItalyHollandUkraineIndiaHungaryCzech RepBulgaria
No real “large” projects Several “small” projects, astronomers with their own
data
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Workshop evaluation All participants could participate to all sessions All sessions material published on the DCA web pages High proportion of participants were able to publish their data
through VO protocols by the end of the sessions
Feedback from Advisors and Participants “on-the-fly” during the workshop at:• http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/SpeakersMonday.html
Offline individual questionnaire for participants requested after the workshop
See more details in WP3-2 presentations
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EURO-VO Workshop on Astronomical Spectroscopy
and the VObs
ESAC, 21-23 March 2007http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/
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Workshop organization Initially not planned in the DCA proposal, but already
mentioned in the preliminary plan for cycle 1
Workshop announcement through• DCA Board and PCT (forwarded to National data centres)• EURO-VO mailing list• IVOA mailing lists
Workshop pages• http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/
Concluding remarks from DCA Board and IVOA Chair• http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/Genova.ppt
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Workshop objectives
Bring the community to the VO and get the VO experts to listen to the community requirements
Main goal was to identify current and future needs of astronomical spectroscopy, and discuss how the Virtual Observatory concept and applications can fulfill them
Forum of discussion and interchange of experiences between astronomers and engineers active in the VObs, and astronomers with a specific expertise and involvement in astronomical spectroscopic projects – both from the observational and the theoretical side.
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Workshop Programme 5 sessions:
• Spectroscopic surveys, • VO standards and applications, • Spectroscopic tools and algorithms, • Photometry in the VO, • Access to laboratory databases and theoretical data.
Each session• Series of presentations by experts in the field (VObs or not)• Discussions
34 presentations, 20 posters• Proceedings being printed
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Workshop Participants Great success !
116 participants
from 15 countries • EC • US, Japan• WP6
4 IVOA Working Group Chairs
Good mixture between scientists and developers Good mixture between usual VO people and other people
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On-site Supportto Data Centres
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Overview WP3 on-site support went slower than initially expected
• More focus was given in workshops• Follow-up visits will come more naturally from the attendance to the
workshop
DCA Board decided to work more on the census of data centres before advertizing actively the on-site visits
Web page detailing the list of WP3 visits of experienced VObs persons to data centres, national meetings or sites selected by partners:
• http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/twikiDCA/bin/view/EuroVODCA/WP3Visits • Possibility to request on-site visit to WP3 leaders (ESA, ESO)
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WP3 overall conclusions Successful workshop to help data centres to publish their
data holdings in the VObs framework• Next major workshop to be held at ESO in June 2008• Special efforts will be made to involve also current and upcoming
large astronomical facilities, selected through the ASTRONET project
Successful focus workshop on astronomy and the VObs• Good synergy between the VO and the Community
More work to be planned for the on-site visits to the data centres by VObs experts• Link to the census of data centres• Follow-up visits after the workshops