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IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM126)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
  3. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  4. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
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      • Attendance
 
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
  1. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  2. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  3. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
    • VOResource-1.2 (final approval after last quick changes: final PR available here
  4. CSP Report
  5. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
  6. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
  7. Date of next Exec meeting
  8. AOB
    • IVOA communication channels
    • IVOA web assets organization and efforts
    • Interest Groups scope
  9. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

  • The National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and Zhejiang Lab successfully hosted the AI-Empowered Astronomy for Open Science conference from 7 - 9 April 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The event convened global experts to explore AI-driven infrastructure for astronomical mega-projects, emphasising sustainable and equitable solutions to transform research, education, and outreach. Representatives from 6 VO projects, including China-VO, ArVO, BRAV, RVO, SA3 and VO-India gathered at the conferences. Talk topics from VO projects cover AI applications in Astronomy, LLM, AI-empowered Outreach and Education, etc. A BOF on Scientific Education was initiated and chaired by Chenzhou Cui. Topics related to VO training and IVOA liaison group are also discussed at the event.

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

  • worked on IVOA web assets (maintenance & updates)
  • INAF participation in a big nation-wide project is turning out as a place where new standard implementations happened (trying to bring authors to showcase their work)
    • under the same project an activity started to identify metadata for simulation runs discovery: might have SimDM /SimDAL impact
  • just after the last Exec (end of February / start of March) the VO was the topic for a lively session discussion at an INAF workshop and for a dissemination of the ongoing work at an ASI workshop on future developments for space based projects

Report from the TCG

TCG met (vconf) twice since last Exec meeting

  • 11 March - 14UTC
  • 7 April - 21UTC
next vconf is planned on Tue. 6 May - 13UTC
  • main goal: interop schedule and preparation

Activity on documents on track include:

Other documents activity:
  • Parquet in the VO - Note published
  • ObsCore & Extensions (porting to ivoatex plus Radio, HE, TD IGs documents)

Recommendations discussion/activity highlights:

  • ObsCore revision and Extensions discussion is continuously moving on and will see a plenary in College Park.
  • Data Models modularity, levels/scope, and endorsement is an open discussion; another plenary planned for College Park.
  • An effort is starting to discuss and promote guidelines about transitioning major versions (of protocols) in the Registry, server-side and client-side perspectives. There will be a discussion session with examples report in College Park.
  • OPS IG / DAL / Apps are thinking about a convention to help providing common statistics on TAP (& other protocols) clients (agents) access.
  • discussion is starting for a revision of the Documents Standard

Other activities:

  • web assets (web, docs, ...): looking forward to switching to the new website before College Park
  • GWS->DSP renaming ongoing, a few pages and links still need update

Interop preparation status:

  • programme drafted, looking for further input
    • 10 (parallel slots) still available
  • heads count nearly definitive: ~40% TCG in person
  • looking forward to solve session chairs at the next TCG
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IAU Working Group Report

IAU - I have brought the Wiki page on the IAU up to date at https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaIauLiaison

It includes:

  • Summary of the IAU GA 2024 activities and links to presentations and papers
  • Summary of the IAU GA 2022 activities and links to presentations and papers
  • Annual Report of the Functional VO WG
I have asked Marco to schedule a plenary session on the IAU at the interop. I will give a summary of all our activities to date. Priya tells me she wishes to give a presentation on educational activities. I would really like to have a discussion on a plan going forwards for the IAU for the next couple of years, in line with the IAU Strategic Plan.

While I am a member of the CDIF working group, nothing much seems to be happening yet. As a result, I have not been able to address the issue of Ihow VOA can be best represented at the Data Week meeting, but it remains on my To Do list (TM 125.1)

 

Report from the CSP

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  Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
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  1. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  2. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
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  1. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  2. Future Interop meetings
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    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
 
  1. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  2. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  3. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
    • VOResource-1.2 (final approval after last quick changes: final PR available here
  4. CSP Report
  5. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
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    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
 
  1. Date of next Exec meeting
  2. AOB
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    • IVOA communication channels
    • IVOA web assets organization and efforts
    • Interest Groups scope
 
  1. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

  • The National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and Zhejiang Lab successfully hosted the AI-Empowered Astronomy for Open Science conference from 7 - 9 April 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The event convened global experts to explore AI-driven infrastructure for astronomical mega-projects, emphasising sustainable and equitable solutions to transform research, education, and outreach. Representatives from 6 VO projects, including China-VO, ArVO, BRAV, RVO, SA3 and VO-India gathered at the conferences. Talk topics from VO projects cover AI applications in Astronomy, LLM, AI-empowered Outreach and Education, etc. A BOF on Scientific Education was initiated and chaired by Chenzhou Cui. Topics related to VO training and IVOA liaison group are also discussed at the event.

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

  • worked on IVOA web assets (maintenance & updates)
  • INAF participation in a big nation-wide project is turning out as a place where new standard implementations happened (trying to bring authors to showcase their work)
    • under the same project an activity started to identify metadata for simulation runs discovery: might have SimDM /SimDAL impact
  • just after the last Exec (end of February / start of March) the VO was the topic for a lively session discussion at an INAF workshop and for a dissemination of the ongoing work at an ASI workshop on future developments for space based projects
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Report from the TCG

TCG met (vconf) twice since last Exec meeting

  • 11 March - 14UTC
  • 7 April - 21UTC
next vconf is planned on Tue. 6 May - 13UTC
  • main goal: interop schedule and preparation

Activity on documents on track include:

Other documents activity:
  • Parquet in the VO - Note published
  • ObsCore & Extensions (porting to ivoatex plus Radio, HE, TD IGs documents)

Recommendations discussion/activity highlights:

  • ObsCore revision and Extensions discussion is continuously moving on and will see a plenary in College Park.
  • Data Models modularity, levels/scope, and endorsement is an open discussion; another plenary planned for College Park.
  • An effort is starting to discuss and promote guidelines about transitioning major versions (of protocols) in the Registry, server-side and client-side perspectives. There will be a discussion session with examples report in College Park.
  • OPS IG / DAL / Apps are thinking about a convention to help providing common statistics on TAP (& other protocols) clients (agents) access.
  • discussion is starting for a revision of the Documents Standard

Other activities:

  • web assets (web, docs, ...): looking forward to switching to the new website before College Park
  • GWS->DSP renaming ongoing, a few pages and links still need update

Interop preparation status:

  • programme drafted, looking for further input
    • 10 (parallel slots) still available
  • heads count nearly definitive: ~40% TCG in person
  • looking forward to solve session chairs at the next TCG

Report from the CSP

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IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM125)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
  3. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  4. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
  5. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  6. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  7. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
    • VOResource-1.2 (final approval after last quick changes: final PR available here
  8. CSP Report
  9. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
  10. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
  11. Date of next Exec meeting
  12. AOB
  13. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

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  • The National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and Zhejiang Lab successfully hosted the AI-Empowered Astronomy for Open Science conference from 7 - 9 April 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The event convened global experts to explore AI-driven infrastructure for astronomical mega-projects, emphasising sustainable and equitable solutions to transform research, education, and outreach. Representatives from 6 VO projects, including China-VO, ArVO, BRAV, RVO, SA3 and VO-India gathered at the conferences. Talk topics from VO projects cover AI applications in Astronomy, LLM, AI-empowered Outreach and Education, etc. A BOF on Scientific Education was initiated and chaired by Chenzhou Cui. Topics related to VO training and IVOA liaison group are also discussed at the event.
 

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

  • worked on IVOA web assets (maintenance & updates)
  • INAF participation in a big nation-wide project is turning out as a place where new standard implementations happened (trying to bring authors to showcase their work)
Changed:
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    • under the same project an activity started to identify metadata for simulation runs discovery: might have SimDM/SimDAL impact
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    • under the same project an activity started to identify metadata for simulation runs discovery: might have SimDM /SimDAL impact
 
  • just after the last Exec (end of February / start of March) the VO was the topic for a lively session discussion at an INAF workshop and for a dissemination of the ongoing work at an ASI workshop on future developments for space based projects
Changed:
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Report from the TCG

TCG met (vconf) twice since last Exec meeting

  • 11 March - 14UTC
  • 7 April - 21UTC
next vconf is planned on Tue. 6 May - 13UTC
  • main goal: interop schedule and preparation

Activity on documents on track include:

  • VOResource-1.2 (Exec approval request)
  • VOEvent-2.1
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 Other documents activity:
  • Parquet in the VO - Note published
  • ObsCore & Extensions (porting to ivoatex plus Radio, HE, TD IGs documents)

Recommendations discussion/activity highlights:

  • ObsCore revision and Extensions discussion is continuously moving on and will see a plenary in College Park.
  • Data Models modularity, levels/scope, and endorsement is an open discussion; another plenary planned for College Park.
  • An effort is starting to discuss and promote guidelines about transitioning major versions (of protocols) in the Registry, server-side and client-side perspectives. There will be a discussion session with examples report in College Park.
  • OPS IG / DAL / Apps are thinking about a convention to help providing common statistics on TAP (& other protocols) clients (agents) access.
  • discussion is starting for a revision of the Documents Standard
Changed:
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 Other activities:
  • web assets (web, docs, ...): looking forward to switching to the new website before College Park
Changed:
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  • GWS->DSP renaming ongoing, a few pages and links still need update
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  • GWS->DSP renaming ongoing, a few pages and links still need update
  Interop preparation status:
  • programme drafted, looking for further input
    • 10 (parallel slots) still available
  • heads count nearly definitive: ~40% TCG in person
  • looking forward to solve session chairs at the next TCG
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IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM125)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
  3. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  4. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
  5. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  6. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  7. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
Added:
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    • VOResource-1.2 (final approval after last quick changes: final PR available here
 
  1. CSP Report
  2. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
  3. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
  4. Date of next Exec meeting
  5. AOB
  6. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

Changed:
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  • worked on IVOA web assets (maintenance & updates)
Added:
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  • INAF participation in a big nation-wide project is turning out as a place where new standard implementations happened (trying to bring authors to showcase their work)
    • under the same project an activity started to identify metadata for simulation runs discovery: might have SimDM/SimDAL impact
  • just after the last Exec (end of February / start of March) the VO was the topic for a lively session discussion at an INAF workshop and for a dissemination of the ongoing work at an ASI workshop on future developments for space based projects

 

Report from the TCG

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TCG met (vconf) twice since last Exec meeting
Added:
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  • 11 March - 14UTC
  • 7 April - 21UTC
next vconf is planned on Tue. 6 May - 13UTC
  • main goal: interop schedule and preparation

Activity on documents on track include:

Other documents activity:
  • Parquet in the VO - Note published
  • ObsCore & Extensions (porting to ivoatex plus Radio, HE, TD IGs documents)

Recommendations discussion/activity highlights:

  • ObsCore revision and Extensions discussion is continuously moving on and will see a plenary in College Park.
  • Data Models modularity, levels/scope, and endorsement is an open discussion; another plenary planned for College Park.
  • An effort is starting to discuss and promote guidelines about transitioning major versions (of protocols) in the Registry, server-side and client-side perspectives. There will be a discussion session with examples report in College Park.
  • OPS IG / DAL / Apps are thinking about a convention to help providing common statistics on TAP (& other protocols) clients (agents) access.
  • discussion is starting for a revision of the Documents Standard

Other activities:

  • web assets (web, docs, ...): looking forward to switching to the new website before College Park
  • GWS->DSP renaming ongoing, a few pages and links still need update

Interop preparation status:

  • programme drafted, looking for further input
    • 10 (parallel slots) still available
  • heads count nearly definitive: ~40% TCG in person
  • looking forward to solve session chairs at the next TCG

 

Report from the CSP

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Revision 22025-04-17 - MarcyHarbut

 
META TOPICPARENT name="WebPreferences"
IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM125)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
  3. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  4. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
  5. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  6. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  7. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
  8. CSP Report
  9. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
  10. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
  11. Date of next Exec meeting
  12. AOB
  13. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

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Australia is currently going through it's Decadal Plan (2036-2035) process (similar to US Decadal Review) and the ASVO has received renewed prominence in the exposure draft. The Decadal Plan is used to guide infrastructure spending in Australia in particular, so this is excellent news for the VO in Australia.
 

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

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The Astro-CC Pilot project started on 01 February 2025 (delayed from initial announcement). The project is planning to run events as a pilot of an Astronomy Open Science Centre in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Astro-CC Pilot is one of the funded projects of the EC Horizon Europe OSCARS initiative (https://oscars-project.eu) which covers all areas of science. Astro-CC Pilot will be presented at the OSCARS Annual General meeting in Rome, 3-4 March 2025 (https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/34984/overview).

European astronomy communities have been contacted so that they can provide input into the planning of the events: Technology forums, Data Provider forums, and Scientific Training events (VO schools).

 

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

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We are organizing an annual meeting around the VO, accompanied by a technical exchange on the implementation of standards and the new technologies used for data management and service development. The meeting will be held in Paris, 24-26 March, there are 46 people registered and we're currently putting together the program.
 

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

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  • a workshop on data management and systems within INAF will be held 26-28 February
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    • with a pre-meeting on the 25th of VObs.it people to have some discussion time
    • and a dedicated morning (two 90' sessions) to report on VO activities in INAF and give room for free discussion and to gather requirements.
    • both radio and high energy astrophysics will be of the lot.
  • the week after (4-5 March) MM will attend an ASI workshop and report status and works of the IVOA (will focus also on P3T and standards refurbishment activities).
 

Report from the TCG

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  • next vconf is planned for Tuesday March 11th
  • besides the TCG vconf running meetings on ObsCore extension at HEIG and DM WG has happened (will report next time, wasn't able to attend them) and work is continuously progressing.
  • there are also 3 documents on RFC, at least VOResource-1.2 should close soon its path
    • REC-VOTable-1.5 and EN-UDCList-1.6 are stable on the doc repository
  • some DM discussion (at TCG level) had to be skipped due to missing roles in attendance, will recover next time
    • mostly related to models granularity, modularity and level/scope but also about REC/ENdorsement of models
  • Ops/DAL/Apps will plan a discussion on on agent/client statistics for TAP and protocols, to see if it helps improving the VO ecosystem
  • major version transitioning in Registry: MDem will think on how to start a discussion (potential task force ahead)
  • (TCG chair to blame) GWS->DSP name change still to be finalised
  • web static pages needs a decision, there are a few blocks: mobile responsiveness and newsletter
  • looking forward for a "save the date" for the next interop

  • TCG roles up for June:
    • Apps (C, VC) - no ext.
    • Registry (C, VC) - ext. possible
    • DCP (C, VC) - ext. possible
    • Solar System (C) - no ext.
  • still missing TD chair
 

Report from the CSP

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- The Interop Meeting venue was booked as fundings were secured.
- Looking for sponsors to pay for refreshments as the current sponsor for the venue cannot sponsor refreshments.

Revision 12025-04-17 - MarcyHarbut

 
META TOPICPARENT name="WebPreferences"
IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (TM125)

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Time: 13:00 UTC

Zoom Link: https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09


Contents


Agenda

  1. Roll call and agenda
  2. Review and approval of TM125 Minutes
  3. Review of ACTIONS_for_TM126.pdf
  4. Report on the IAU General Assembly/Working Group
  5. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
  6. Overall TCG Status [Standing Item]
  7. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
  8. CSP Report
  9. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
  10. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Spring 2025 - Maryland, USA
    • Northern Fall 2025 - Görlitz (ADASS dates: 9-13 November 2025, Interop held after ADASS)
  11. Date of next Exec meeting
  12. AOB
  13. Review of new actions

Reports from the Projects

NOVA (Argentina)

ArVO (Armenia)

AstroGrid (United Kingdom)

ASVO (Australia)

Australia is currently going through it's Decadal Plan (2036-2035) process (similar to US Decadal Review) and the ASVO has received renewed prominence in the exposure draft. The Decadal Plan is used to guide infrastructure spending in Australia in particular, so this is excellent news for the VO in Australia.

BRAVO (Brazil)

China-VO

CVO (Canada)

ESA (Europe)

Euro-VO (Europe)

The Astro-CC Pilot project started on 01 February 2025 (delayed from initial announcement). The project is planning to run events as a pilot of an Astronomy Open Science Centre in the context of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). Astro-CC Pilot is one of the funded projects of the EC Horizon Europe OSCARS initiative (https://oscars-project.eu) which covers all areas of science. Astro-CC Pilot will be presented at the OSCARS Annual General meeting in Rome, 3-4 March 2025 (https://indico.in2p3.fr/event/34984/overview).

European astronomy communities have been contacted so that they can provide input into the planning of the events: Technology forums, Data Provider forums, and Scientific Training events (VO schools).

GAVO (Germany)

JVO (Japan)

Kazakhstan VO

NLVO (Netherlands)

OV-France

We are organizing an annual meeting around the VO, accompanied by a technical exchange on the implementation of standards and the new technologies used for data management and service development. The meeting will be held in Paris, 24-26 March, there are 46 people registered and we're currently putting together the program.

RVO (Russia)

SA^3 (South Africa)

SKAO (Square Kilometre Array Observatory; Australia & South Africa)

SVO (Spain)

UkrVO (Ukraine)

USVOA (United States)

VO-India

VObs.it (Italy)

  • a workshop on data management and systems within INAF will be held 26-28 February
    • with a pre-meeting on the 25th of VObs.it people to have some discussion time
    • and a dedicated morning (two 90' sessions) to report on VO activities in INAF and give room for free discussion and to gather requirements.
    • both radio and high energy astrophysics will be of the lot.
  • the week after (4-5 March) MM will attend an ASI workshop and report status and works of the IVOA (will focus also on P3T and standards refurbishment activities).

Report from the TCG

  • TCG met on Wednesday February 5th ( full notes here)
  • next vconf is planned for Tuesday March 11th
  • besides the TCG vconf running meetings on ObsCore extension at HEIG and DM WG has happened (will report next time, wasn't able to attend them) and work is continuously progressing.
  • there are also 3 documents on RFC, at least VOResource-1.2 should close soon its path
    • REC-VOTable-1.5 and EN-UDCList-1.6 are stable on the doc repository
  • some DM discussion (at TCG level) had to be skipped due to missing roles in attendance, will recover next time
    • mostly related to models granularity, modularity and level/scope but also about REC/ENdorsement of models
  • Ops/DAL/Apps will plan a discussion on on agent/client statistics for TAP and protocols, to see if it helps improving the VO ecosystem
  • major version transitioning in Registry: MDem will think on how to start a discussion (potential task force ahead)
  • (TCG chair to blame) GWS->DSP name change still to be finalised
  • web static pages needs a decision, there are a few blocks: mobile responsiveness and newsletter
  • looking forward for a "save the date" for the next interop

  • TCG roles up for June:
    • Apps (C, VC) - no ext.
    • Registry (C, VC) - ext. possible
    • DCP (C, VC) - ext. possible
    • Solar System (C) - no ext.
  • still missing TD chair

Report from the CSP

- The Interop Meeting venue was booked as fundings were secured.
- Looking for sponsors to pay for refreshments as the current sponsor for the venue cannot sponsor refreshments.

 
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