VOTable Documentation

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:
A discussion list is available at , and the messages can be viewed at http://www.ivoa.net/forum/votable/

More generic definitions of the VO standards are to be found at http://www.ivoa.net

1  The VOTable document history

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)  

2  The Meeting of the Opticon Interoperability WG

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

3  XML Links

The W3C documents are available from http://www.w3.org/TR/ More specifically, some interesting documents in the VO context are

4  Related Documents

Last update: 2004-11-27 François Ochsenbein