IVOA VOTable
VOTable is an
XML format defined for the exchange of tabular data in the context of the Virtual Observatory.
Working Documents
- Proposal for VOTable 1.2 (2008-10-21): (PDF) Draft version of VOTable1.2 Proposed Standard, to be discussed in Baltimore
- Referencing STC in VOTable, V1.01 (HTML) corrects the errors mentioned (thank to Mark Taylor) (to be discusssed in Baltimore)
- Proposal for VOTable 1.2: votable-1.2 (PDF) Draft version of VOTable1.2 Proposed Standard (superseded)
- Referencing STC in VOTable (V0.8, 10-Sep-2008): (PDF) (superseded)
- Proposed XML-Schema XML Schema (VOTable 1.2-beta)
- Referencing STC in VOTable (V0.5, 14-Sep-2007): (HTML) (PDF) (obsolete)
XML-Schemas
- VOTable 1.2-beta is the proposed new version of the XML-Schema for VOTable. It includes the modifications proposed for VOTable1.2 (essentially about INFO). It was tested on several code generators.
Votable Sessions at Interop meetings
- Baltimore (US), October 2008: InterOpOct2008VOTable
- Cambridge (UK), September 2007: InterOpSep2007VOTable
- Beijing (China), May 2007: InterOpMay2007VOTable
- Moscow (Russia), September 2006: InterOpSep2006VOTable
- Victoria (Canada), May 2006: InterOpMay2006VOTable
- Madrid (Spain), October 2005: InterOpOct2005VOTable
- Kyoto (Japan), May 2005: InterOpMay2005VOTable
- Cambridge (Mass., USA), May 24/27 2004: InterOpMay2004VOTable
- Strasbourg, Oct. 2003: InterOpOct2003VOTable
- Cambridge (UK), May 2003: InterOpMay2003VOTable
VOTable Software
VOTable available I/O libraries and tools
Mailing-list
- General working-group discussion archive.
Model-based Alternative
A spin-off effort has begun to develop a data model-based alternative data exchange mechanism. This new standard is (tentatively) titled the
VODaX (Virtual Observatory Data eXchange) format. Since
VODaX will be reliant upon an xml schema-based representation of the developing data model, a parallel effort has begun to develop this: see
VODMX.