Open SkyQuery

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THE US NATIONAL VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY
Open SkyQuery
VO Compliant Dynamic Federation of Astronomy
Archives
Tamás Budavári Johns Hopkins University
Wil OMullane Nolan Li Vivek Haridas
Alex Szalay Tanu Malik Ani Thakar
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SkyQuery

• Prototype for federating catalog archives
• Presented at ADASS 2002
• Using proper XML Web Services
• Assumes SQL Server 2000
• Uses DataSet (not VOTable)
• Over 15 SkyNodes by now
• Including SDSS, ROSAT, INTWFS, 2MASS, HST, GOODS,
  GALEX, 2QZ, RC3, FIRST
• http//www.SkyQuery.net

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http//www.SkyQuery.net
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Open SkyQuery

• Online March 2004
• Full support for ADQL and VOTable
• Implements standard WS interfaces
• Based on the region specifications (xsd)
• Both .Net and Java Axis implementations
• By JHU and NCSA
• Old SkyNodes can be upgraded (new dll)
• http//OpenSkyQuery.org/

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