AVO Telecon: Nov. 17, 03

participants:
MA Mark Allen
TB Thomas Boch
LC Laurent Cambresy
SB Sebastien Derriere
FG Francoise Genova
ML Marco Leoni
AR Anita Richards
PR Piero Rosati


chair:
PP Paolo Padovani


excused:
NW Nicholas Walton


minutes:
MD Markus Dolensky, revised by PP


next telecon:
Wed, Nov. 26, 3 GMT


action items:
AR find tester for proxy configuration feature
PP+AR provide CDS with info on necessary catalogues for inclusion in Vizier
TB implement way to load specview log into VOPlot
MA using the new AVO prototype check which ISO spectra do or do not work with specview 
MD+PP correct minutes of last telecon to explicity state that FG is to be kept informed about plans for the cross matcher
ALL provide AR with ideas and feedback on galactic scenarios
ALL inform MD+PP by the end of this week if there is a need to arrange for extra technical 
meetings at the AVO Project meeting at ESO on Wednesday Dec. 10. 


previous action items:
> MD+GR generate a plan for the x-matcher and get blessing from Astrogrid management
ongoing. MD drafted plan http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/GeomXMatch
FG is being kept informed about management issues.

> PP talk to Ivo about specview for FORS2
closed. Specview works with FORS1 and FORS2 1d spectra from Hasinger and GOODS

> AR let FG know which catalog is the one from Pezzuto
> FG check with FB about the International Galactic Plane Survey
ongoing. 

> AR+MA arrange telecon with Pedro
Not necessary anymore since SIA interface with IDC seems to work fine.
Suggestion: Tying in IDC more closely

> MD state on download page that AVO prototype does currently not work at sites with web proxies
ongoing. TB implemented solution but requires somebody for testing. AR takes it as an action.

> ML (a) update http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/SwgMeeting04 ...
closed.
> PP+NW (b) ... talk about SWG meeting agenda ...
> PP (c) ... then send reminder to SWG
ongoing.


Announcement: The new AVO Prototype V0.940 available for testing 
http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/AvoSoftwareRepos
Get AVO.jar from attachment table and replace the one of the standard installation. For the standard download instruction go to 
http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/AvoSoftwareRepos
Also get IDHA test tree spectest.xml to play with various sample spectra.



extragalactic case:
http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/ExtragalacticScenario

Page was updated. PP will provide CDS with info on necessary catalogues.
PP and PR will work on science "details" (e.g., how to define a type 1 source
based on f_x/f_opt) in the next few days.  
PP provided Barger et al. (2003) catalog with redshifts for the Northern field. 

Skipped discussion on cross matching algorithm.


galactic case:
http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/GalacticScenario

New workflow page for NGC 1333
http://www.euro-vo.org/twiki/bin/view/Avo/NGC1333Workflow

Access to ISO data is working very well, with some glitches which are being
investigated. 

XMM spectra are not provided for EPIC (low-resolution) by the XMM archive. 
Somebody would have to extract the spectra, and that would require a lot of work. 

AR seeks further suggestions/ideas on how to proceed with SFR scenarios.