Showing papers by "R. S. Bogart published in 2005"

Building a Virtual Solar Observatory: Lessons Learned

Abstract: Two years into its development, the VSO has emerged from a drawing board concept into a full-fledged data query and data delivery system serving the Solar Physics community. Throughout its development, the VSO has lived up to its ‘small box’ motto and has built light-weight servers that can easily run on a desktop or laptop. The two basic functions of the VSO are data query and data delivery. For these functions, the VSO servers act like switchboards, dispatching query/data requests to relevant data providers. More important, these servers present an abstraction that integrates diverse data archives, thus reducing complexity. The design of the VSO has evolved during its implementation in response to difficulties and user feedback. We discuss the changes in areas such as the data model, user interface, and performance. These lessons should be of interest to people designing and building other virtual observatories. We also discuss challenges and opportunities we foresee as the VSO becomes a significant and enabling research tool. Citation: Bogart, R. S.; Tian, K. Q.; Davey, A.; Dimitoglou, G.; Gurman, J. B.; Hill, F.; Hourcle, J.; Martens, P. C.; Suarez-Sola, I.; Wampler, S.; Yoshimura, K., 2006, Building a Virtual Solar Observatory: Lessons Learned, PAmerican Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2005, abstract #SH51B-05