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VOResource: an XML Encoding Schema for Resource Metadata
Version 1.03

IVOA Recommendation 22 February 2008

Interest/Working Group:
http://www.ivoa.net/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/IvoaResReg
Author(s):
Raymond Plante, Kevin Benson, Matthew Graham, Gretchen Greene, Paul Harrison, Gerard Lemson, Tony Linde, Guy Rixon, Aur�lien St�b�, and the IVOA Registry Working Group
Editor(s):
Raymond Plante
DOI:
10.5479/ADS/bib/2008ivoa.spec.0222P

Abstract

This document describes an XML encoding standard for IVOA Resource Metadata, referred to as VOResource. This schema is primarily intended to support interoperable registries used for discovering resources; however, any application that needs to describe resources may use this schema. In this document, we define the types and elements that make up the schema as representations of metadata terms defined in the IVOA standard, Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory [Hanicsh et al. 2004]. We also describe the general model for the schema and explain how it may be extended to add new metadata terms and describe more specific types of resources.

Status of this document

This document has been produced by the Resource Registry Working Group.
It has been reviewed by IVOA Members and other interested parties, and has been endorsed by the IVOA Executive Committee as an IVOA Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from another document. IVOA's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability inside the Astronomical Community.



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