Virtual Observatories
There are now a number of initiatives aimed at providing improved access to the ever expanding astronomical data resources available on-line.
Details about a number of these Virtual Observatory (VO) initiatives are given:
- AstroGrid: the UK's Virtual Observatory Service
- Euro-VO: the European VO (a partnership of VOs including AstroGrid, the French-VO, ESO, ESA ...)
- National Virtual Observatory: the USA's VO
In addition the IVOA (International Virtual Observatory Alliance) is a standards body created by the VO projects to develop and agree the vital interoperability standards upon which the VO implementations are constructed.
References
- [href=http://ivoa.net/pub/info/OECD-QLH-Final.pdf Discussion Paper for the OECD Global Science Forum (P. J. Quinn & A. Lawrence & R. J. Hanisch)]
- Talk on NEMO and theory in a virtual observatory (Peter Teuben, Univ. of Maryland)
- Virtual Observatories initiatives worldwide, State of the projects 2006 ( Interquanta )
- Documentation on VO tools (Terapix)
- List of Seminars in VOs 2004-5 ( Meudon Observatory )