Chinese Virtual Observatory

Time : 2002-9-21

Place : LAMOST meeting room

Participant : Zhao Yongheng (ZYH), Cui Chenzhou (CCZ), Sang Jian (SJ), Shao Huijuan (SHJ), Zhu Guanghua (ZGH), Luo Ali (LAL)
Major content:
1. ZYH introduced the layered architecture of China-VO. At the beginning, China-VO will be comprised of 3 layers at least: DBMS, Grid and Portal. If possible, an analysing/processing layer will exist between DBMS and Grid layers.
Linux OS will be the mainly used platform. XML, OGSA and Java will act as key roles in the layered architecture.
2. Principal of each layer is determined.
DBMS : SJ (MySQL, XML)
GRID : CCZ (Globus Toolkit, OGSA, Web Services, XML)
Portal : SHJ (Java, JSP, XML)
Analysing/Processing toolkit: ZGH (C++, Java)
3. Charts and Catalogs involved in China-VO demo:
Charts: DSS, DSSII, SDSS, ROSAT, 2MASS, NVSS, MYSS
Catalogs: USNO-A2.0, SDSS, ROSAT, 2MASS, IRSA, NVSS, FIRST, GB6, MYSS
4. Roadmap for China-VO
0209-0210: Requirement Analyse
0210-0211: Scheme Discussion
0211-0303: Scheme Implementation and Optimization
0303-0305: China-VO Initial Demo
0305-0307: Demo Optimizatio