On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Norman Gray wrote:
> - VOTable vs. TabSky (latter is a registry thing -- `more XMLie'
> (what!)) -- how does the IVOA evolve new standards?
Do you have any kind of reference of TabSky? I've never heard of it!
Sounds ominously like the sort of thing that was plaguing the VOTable
list a few months ago.
> - AG have developed CEA -- Common Execution Architecture. Wraps
> Java apps (typically, but not exclusively). Handles passing
> data between apps, and
> giving them access to local files corresponding to virtual
> files. This is the integration with workflow. Presumably if
> ADAM were integrated with CEA then the Starlink apps would be
> CEA apps instantly. Guy claimed that AG have been banging on
> about this for a year, and that this is the way that the apps
> would be glued together.
I read the recent note on this that Paul Harrison posted:
http://www.astrogrid.org/maven/docs/snapshot/applications/design/CEADesignIVOANote.html
It looks like it's quite a useful and sensible idea, especially if
it gets adopted/adapted as an IVOA standard.
Mark
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