Title: Toward an international virtual observatory
First published: 2004
Description: The book is the first thorough overview of the first important steps to develop a worldwide virtual observatory so that, in the future, it could be easier to "dial-up" a part of the sky than wait many months to access a telescope. The articles in this book present details on the status of the first efforts to develop a standardized framework for the virtual observatory, including steps towards completion and deployment of technical infrastructure, uptake by data providers worldwide, and utilization by the scientific community.
Subjects: Astronomy, Data processing, Observations, Essays, journals, letters & other prose works, Physics, Science, Science/Mathematics, Networking - General, Science / Astronomy, astronomical catalogue, astronomical data analysis, data mining, science data archive, star catalogue, virtual observatory, Astronomy - General, Astronomical observatories, Databases, Standards, Congresses, Computer simulation, Computer network architectures, Computer Communication Networks, Data structures (Computer science), Astrophysics
LC classification: QB51.3.E43 E86 2002