Title
Euro-VO - Coordination of Virtual Observatory activities in Europe
Abstract
The European Virtual Observatory Euro-VO has been coordinating European VO activities through a series of projects co-funded by the European Commission over the last 15 years. The bulk of VO work in Europe is ensured by the national VO initiatives and those of intergovernmental agencies. VO activities at the European level coordinate the work in support of the three “pillars” of the Virtual Observatory: support to the scientific community, take-up by the data providers, and technological activities. Several Euro-VO projects have also provided direct support to selected developments and prototyping. This paper explains the methodology used by Euro-VO over the years. It summarises the activities which were performed and their evolutions at different stages of the development of the VO, explains the Euro-VO role with respect to the international and national levels of VO activities, details the lessons learnt for best practices for the coordination of the VO building blocks, and the liaison with other European initiatives, documenting the added-value of European coordination. Finally, the current status and next steps of Euro-VO are briefly addressed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.ascom.2015.03.001
Astronomy and Computing
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Virtual observatory tools,Standards,Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
Journal
11
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2213-1337
2
0.63
References 
Authors
1
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
francoise genova120.63
mark allen220.63
christophe arviset341.01
andy lawrence420.63
f pasian5123.15
enrique solano620.63
joachim wambsganss720.63