HR: 0830h
AN: SH51B-05    [Abstracts]
TI: Building a Virtual Solar Observatory: Lessons Learned
AU: * Bogart, R S
EM: RBogart@spd.aas.org
AF: Stanford University, CSSA - HEPL Vias Pueblo Mall, Stanford, Cal 94305-4085 United States
AU: Tian, K Q
EM: KTian@spd.aas.org
AF: Stanford University, CSSA - HEPL Vias Pueblo Mall, Stanford, Cal 94305-4085 United States
AU: Davey, A
EM: ADavey@spd.aas.org
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Department of Space Studies 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 400, Boulder, Col 80302-5143 United States
AU: Dimitoglou, G
EM: george@esa.nascom.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics Branch / Code 612.1, Greenbelt, Md 20771 United States
AU: Gurman, J B
EM: JGurman@spd.aas.org
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics Branch / Code 612.1, Greenbelt, Md 20771 United States
AU: Hill, F
EM: FHill@spd.aas.org
AF: National Solar Observatory, Box 26732 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, Ari 85726 United States
AU: Hourclé, J
EM: oneiros@grace.nascom.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics Branch / Code 612.1, Greenbelt, Md 20771 United States
AU: Martens, P C
EM: PMartens@spd.aas.org
AF: Montana State University, Physics Department P.O. Box 173840, Bozeman, Mon 59717-3840 United States
AU: Suárez-Sola, I
EM: igor@noao.edu
AF: National Solar Observatory, Box 26732 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, Ari 85726 United States
AU: Wampler, S
EM: swampler@noao.edu
AF: National Solar Observatory, Box 26732 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, Ari 85726 United States
AU: Yoshimura, K
EM: KYoshimura
AF: Montana State University, Physics Department P.O. Box 173840, Bozeman, Mon 59717-3840 United States
AB: Two years into its development, the VSO has emerged from a drawing board concept into a full-fledged data query and data delivery system serving the Solar Physics community. Throughout its development, the VSO has lived up to its `small box' motto and has built light-weight servers that can easily run on a desktop or laptop. The two basic functions of the VSO are data query and data delivery. For these functions, the VSO servers act like switchboards, dispatching query/data requests to relevant data providers. More important, these servers present an abstraction that integrates diverse data archives, thus reducing complexity. The design of the VSO has evolved during its implementation in response to difficulties and user feedback. We discuss the changes in areas such as the data model, user interface, and performance. These lessons should be of interest to people designing and building other virtual observatories. We also discuss challenges and opportunities we foresee as the VSO becomes a significant and enabling research tool.
UR: http://rick.stanford.edu/pubs/spd05/vso/
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly