NSF NVO Collaboration
Status
- Funded at $10M total over 5 years.
- ~17 major collaborating institutions
- cooperation with European AVO and British AstroGrid
HEASARC Role
- Some funding (~1/2 to 2/3 FTE) through grant to USRA.
- Major player in metadata, profile definition and data location services.
- Integration of HEASARC data/services.
Activities
- Definitions of time/space metadata, catalog profiles.
- VOTable: XML data interchange format
- Cone search prototype
- Demos
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