VOQL WG

May 24 & 25, 2004

Masatoshi Ohishi

Progress

• SkyNode Interface ver 0.7.4 developed by O’Mullane and Yasuda et al., and has been submitted last year

• ADQL ver 0.7.4very recently submitted for review

Roadmap as of March 30, ‘04• May 2004 version 0.7.4

Implementation based on ADQL 0.7.4, and review its functionality and performance.To brush up XML schema, and to review verbs and operands of ADQL (email discussion)To prepare proposals toward ADQL 0.8, and to submit to our group

• May 24-28, 2004 Interop meeting Discussion toward ADQL 0.8 & interaction between us and Registry/DAL/DM groups

• June 4-9, 2004 GGF11 @ HonoluluReport progress in and requests from IVOA to GGF, including Query LanguageSKIPPED to GGF12 @ Brussels

• Implementation based on ADQL 0.8, and review its functionality and performance.Discuss via emails how to incorporate requests from Registry/DAL/DM groupsPrepare proposals toward ADQL 0.9, including brushing-up the XML schema and so on. Submission by the chair to our group.

• Sep 2004 Interop meetingAgreement --> ADQL 0.9 & interaction between us and Registry/DAL/DM groupsAfter interaction with Registry/DAL/DM groups and discussion within our group we prepare a draft for ADQL 1.0. When it hasbeen approved by the IVOA executive committee, it will become ADQL 1.0 !!

VOQL WG Agenda• 1. Experience on ADQL and Sky

Node, and improvements toward version 0.8

Wil O’Mullane (implementation of ADQL 0.7.4 & SkyNode, openSkyQuery node)

Ramon Williamson (Java node)

Clive Page (Enhancement to ADQL, XMATCH)

Martin Hill (Units in ADQL)

Clive Page (Units in ADQL)

Yuji Shirasaki (Syntax of ADQL/s)

• 2. Relationship with other WGs, especially Registry, DAL and DM groups Martin Hill (Implementing a DAL with asynchronous Queries)followed by general discussion on this agenda

• 3. Our Roadmap in 12-24 monthsDiscuss our roadmap in middle- and long-range, possibly including report(s) on progress of XML-based query languages.

• 4. AOB

Targets in this WS

• Progress Report on each activity

• Discussion on Implementations on ADQL, SkyNode etc.

• Proposed improvements on current working draft on ADQL

• Review Interactions with Other WGs

• Review our Roadmap for next 12-24 months

VOQL sessions

• May 24 14:00-17:30

• May 25 13:30-17:00

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