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What is interoperability
(and why do we care?)
Interoperability: the ability to directly compare, correlate, and integrate data from disparate sources (telescopes, detectors, catalogs, tables)
- Must understand coordinates, flux scales, data integrity, units
Essential for modern astronomy, where advances in understanding require multi-wavelength data and confrontation with theory and models