Date: Sunday, 19 May 2024

Time: 16:00–18:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) / 06:00-08:00 UTC

Location: Hybrid: Zoom ( https://aao.zoom.us/j/84831315252?pwd=TjJZb0VBRVgxcDZ1cVVqTENZMWNMZz09; passcode: 581668) and Macquarie University Wallumattagal Campus, 25 Wally's Walk, Building C, Room C120/121, Macquarie Park NSW 2109

Contents

Logistics

Virtual:

Agenda

1. Roll call and agenda
2. Review and approval of TM119 Minutes
3. Review of Action for TM120
4. Jordanian VO: expression of interest to join IVOA
5. OPAL project funding application
6. Project Reports [Significant Events Only]
7. Overall TCG Status
8. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
9. CSP Status
10. IVOA Website [New Standing Item]
    • Draft new website available: https://webtest.ivoa.info/
      • Git Hub repository: https://github.com/ivoa/ivoa-web
      • Bug reporting and change requests: https://github.com/ivoa/ivoa-web/issues
11. TCG May 2024 position turnover review - In prep for May Interop mtg
    • Expiring terms
      • TCG - chair & vice
      • CSP - chair - extensible; vice - extensible (There is 7 months more to go)
      • Apps - vice - extensible
      • DAL - chair & vice - extensible
      • KDIG - chair - extensible
      • Edu - chair - extensible
      • SSIG - chair extensible
    • Other considerations
      • Theory - Simon saying he would prefer not holding 2 chairs
      • Radio - François is retiring so Ch position opens
12. Future Interop meetings
    • Northern Fall 2024: Malta - Week of November 10 (ADASS Nov. 10-14)
      • Summary of costs and contributions from partner organizations
    • Northern Spring 2025 : Time to start discussing ...
13. Date of next Exec meeting
14. AOB
15. 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)

Report from the TCG

• TCG met today
  • Passed a Vocabulary; approved 2 Errata; each also have HOLDs that will be resolved soon
  • Review the program ( https://wiki.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/InterOpMay2024)
  • 2 day P3T meeting and way forward (Th/Fri)
  • Reviewed each WG/IG Priorities/Progress/Issues
    • 2 plenaries - Aus & CSP
    • Documentation hackathon

Report from the CSP

• Panel session: "Handling a deluge of big data"
• Panel discussion: We have given the following 3 topics to the panelists
  • 1. Bulk data access protocols
  • 2. Science Platform standards: e.g. execution broker
  • 3. Data Models: eg Provenance
  • Other questions
• ACTIONS_for_TM120.pdf: ACTIONS_for_TM120.pdf