VOTable is an XML format defined for the exchange of tabular data in the context of the virtual observatory. The definitions enclosed here are do not represent the agreed VOTable which is located at http://www.ivoa.net. completeness –||The version 1.1 of the VOTable definition can be used and accessed as:
More generic definitions of the VO standards are to be found at http://www.ivoa.net
The VOTable document is evolving, as a consequence of the lively discussions. The documents currently available are the following:
||Version ||Date ||Documents ||Comments || ||1.1 ||11-Aug-2004 || HTML || PDF || (LaTeX) ||IVOA Recommendation || ||1.093 ||25-Apr-2004 ||HTML ||PDF ||(LaTeX) |||| ||1.091 ||January 2004 ||HTML ||PDF ||(LaTeX) |||| ||1.0 ||15-Apr-2002 || HTML || PDF || (LaTeX) ||Slightly modified compared to version 0.99 || ||0.99 ||09-Apr-2002 ||HTML ||PDF ||(LaTeX) |||| ||0.97 ||02-Apr-2002 ||HTML ||PDF ||(LaTeX) |||| ||0.96 ||26-Mar-2002 ||HTML ||PDF ||(LaTeX) |||| ||0.94 ||11-Mar-2002 ||HTML ||PDF ||(word) ||Comments by Tom McGlynn ⋅ About VOQueries by Clive Davenhall || ||0.4 ||18-Jan-2002 ||HTML ||PDF ||(word) ||Combined Comments by Clive Davenhall et al. (23-Jan-2002) || ||0.3 ||03-Jan-2002 || || ||(word) |||| ||0.2 ||31-Dec-2001 || || ||(word) |||| ||0.1 ||18-Nov-2001 || ||PDF ||(word) ||||
A meeting of the Interoperability WG of Opticon, the Optical Infrared Coordination Network, was held on 28/29 January 2002 at Strasbourg. The VOTable initiative was discussed essentially on Tuesday 29 January.
Presentation by Bob Hanisch
Notes about the VOTable discussions have been prepared by François Ochsenbein
The W3C documents are available from http://www.w3.org/TR/ More specifically, some interesting documents in the VO context are
Last update: 2004-11-27 François Ochsenbein