DCA WP3 Report Support to take-up and implementation of the VObs framework Christophe Arviset (ESA-VO) Paolo Padovani (ESO) Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

WP3 main objectives WP3 organizes the activities necessary to distribute knowledge of the VObs framework among European data centres (Workshops and visits) WP3-2 gathers feedback from the VObs framework implementation by data centres. WP3 work plan Organization of workshops on how to publish data into the VObs On-site visit to data centres to help them to publish their data holding into the VObs Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

WP3 Deliverables D6 First EuroVO-DCA Workshop 25-29 June 2007 @ ESA, Madrid, Spain D7 Second EuroVO-DCA Workshop 23-27 June 2008 @ ESO, Garching, Germany D8 Final Report on WP3 activities Due October 2008 D9 Implementation feedback report (WP3-2) Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

EURO-VO Workshop on how to publish data in the VO D6 deliverable ESAC, 25-29 June 2007 http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/ Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Organization Geared towards data centres and large projects to acquire the knowledge and experience necessary to allow them to become "publishers“ in the VO. Small data providers not excluded Workshop announcement through DCA Board and PCT (forwarded to National data centres) EURO-VO mailing list IVOA mailing lists At previous EURO-VO workshop in March 2007 Workshop pages http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/ Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Programme Parallel sessions about publishing data using existing tools within EURO-VO Publishing catalogues DSA (AstroGRID), SAADA (OV-France), DMMapper (ESA) Publishing spectra DALToolkit (ESA), MEX (ESO) Publishing images DALToolkit (ESA), SAADA (OV-France), MEX (ESO) VOEvent transient data (AstroGRID) Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Participants Around 70 participants registered Around 45 “real” data centres participants Advisors, ESA VO, ESO “excluded” Good target audience for a technical meeting ~45% were programmers, ~45% were system administrators ~10% were astronomers Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Participants Distribution Note that some partners had organized “similar” national workshops (eg UK) Some EC “outsiders” (link with WP6) No real “large” projects Several “small” projects, astronomers with their own data Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Pictures Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop evaluation All participants could participate to all sessions All sessions material published on the DCA web pages High proportion of participants were able to publish their data through VO protocols by the end of the sessions Feedback from Advisors and Participants “on-the-fly” during the workshop at: http://esavo.esac.esa.int/EuroVOWorkshopJune2007/SpeakersMonday.html Offline individual questionnaire for participants requested after the workshop See more details in WP3-2 presentations Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

EURO-VO Workshop on Astronomical Spectroscopy and the VObs ESAC, 21-23 March 2007 http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/ Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop organization Initially not planned in the DCA proposal, but already mentioned in the preliminary plan for cycle 1 Workshop announcement through DCA Board and PCT (forwarded to National data centres) EURO-VO mailing list IVOA mailing lists Workshop pages http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/ Concluding remarks from DCA Board and IVOA Chair http://esavo.esac.esa.int/SpectroscopyAndVOWorkshopMarch2007/Genova.ppt Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop objectives Bring the community to the VO and get the VO experts to listen to the community requirements Main goal was to identify current and future needs of astronomical spectroscopy, and discuss how the Virtual Observatory concept and applications can fulfill them Forum of discussion and interchange of experiences between astronomers and engineers active in the VObs, and astronomers with a specific expertise and involvement in astronomical spectroscopic projects – both from the observational and the theoretical side. Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Programme 5 sessions: Each session Spectroscopic surveys, VO standards and applications, Spectroscopic tools and algorithms, Photometry in the VO, Access to laboratory databases and theoretical data. Each session Series of presentations by experts in the field (VObs or not) Discussions 34 presentations, 20 posters Proceedings being printed Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Participants Great success ! 116 participants from 15 countries EC US, Japan WP6 4 IVOA Working Group Chairs Good mixture between scientists and developers Good mixture between usual VO people and other people Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Workshop Picture Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

On-site Support to Data Centres Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Overview WP3 on-site support went slower than initially expected More focus was given in workshops Follow-up visits will come more naturally from the attendance to the workshop DCA Board decided to work more on the census of data centres before advertizing actively the on-site visits Web page detailing the list of WP3 visits of experienced VObs persons to data centres, national meetings or sites selected by partners: http://cds.u-strasbg.fr/twikiDCA/bin/view/EuroVODCA/WP3Visits Possibility to request on-site visit to WP3 leaders (ESA, ESO) Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

Support to uptake NOVA activities concentrated on support to data centres in the implementation of the VObs access layer for their data holdings OmegaCEN data centre Access from AtroGrid software to Astro-Wise archives CNRS EuroVO-DCA staff is supporting the uptake of the theory draft standards in theory services in close connection with the CNRS WP4 activities Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)

WP3 overall conclusions Successful workshop to help data centres to publish their data holdings into the VObs framework Next major workshop (D7) to be held at ESO in June 2008 Special efforts will be made to involve also ”important” archives and large astronomical facilities, selected through IST, DCA census of data centres, EURO-VO SAC and through the ASTRONET project Successful focus workshop on astronomy and the VObs Good synergy between the VO and the Community More work to be planned for the on-site visits to the data centres by VObs experts Link to the census of data centres Follow-up visits after the workshops Christophe Arviset (ESA), Paolo Padovani (ESO)