metadata.yaml

---
title: Mapping Data Models to VOTable
name: MappingDMtoVOTable
version: '1.0-20170323'
# supported types: WD, PR, NOTE, REC, DERR
# custom types may be provided by creating files
# in `style/messages`, following the examples.
type: WD
date: '2017-03-23'
dateCode: '20170323'
author:
    - name: Gerard Lemson
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/GerardLemson
    - name: Omar Laurino
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/OmarLaurino
    - name: Tom Donaldson
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/TomDonaldson
    - name: Mark Cresitello-Dittmar
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MarkCresitelloDittmar
    - name: Laurent Michel
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/LaurentMichel
    - name: Patrick Dowler
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/PatrickDowler
    - name: Markus Demleitner
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MarkusDemleitner
    - name: Matthew Graham
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/MatthewGraham
    - name: Jesus Salgado
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/JesusSalgado
editor:
    - name: Omar Laurino
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/OmarLaurino
    - name: Gerard Lemson
      url: http://www.ivoa.net/cgi-bin/twiki/bin/view/IVOA/GerardLemson
group: Data Models
#previousVersion:
#    - ver: xx
#      url: http://www.ivoa.net/documents/xx

abstract: |
    Data providers and curators provide a great deal of metadata with their data
    files: this metadata is invaluable for users and for Virtual Observatory
    software developers. In order to be interoperable, the metadata must refer
    to common Data Models. This specification defines a scheme for annotating
    VOTable instances in a standard, consistent, interoperable fashion, so that
    each piece of metadata can unambiguously refer to the correct Data Model
    element it expresses, assuming there is a suitable data model.
    With this specification, data providers can
    unambiguously and completely represent Data Model instances in the VOTable
    format, and clients can build *faithful* representations of such instances.
    The mapping is operated through opaque, portable strings.

references:
    - id: vodml
      type: article
      author:
        - family: Lemson
          given: Gerard
      title: 'VO - DML: a consistent modeling language for IVOA data models'
      issued:
          year: 2015
          month: 10
          day: 10
      URL: 'http://www.ivoa.net/documents/VODML/20151010/index.html'
    - id: usages
      type: article
      author:
        - family: Graham
          given: Matthew
      title: 'UTypes: current usages and practices in the IVOA'
      issued:
          year: 2013
          month: 2
          day: 13
      URL: 'http://www.ivoa.net/documents/Notes/UTypesUsage/index.html'
    - id: votable
      type: article
      author:
        - family: Ochsenbein
          given: Francois
      title: 'VOTable Format Definition'
      issued:
          year: 1900
          month: xxxx
          day: xxxx
      URL: 'http://www.ivoa.net/documents/xxxx'
    - id: simdm
      title: 'Simulation DM spec'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: chardm
      title: 'Characterization DM spec'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: spectrumdm
      title: 'Spectrum DM spec'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: stcdm
      title: 'STC spec'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: orm
      title: 'ORM mapping tools: Hibernate, JPA spec'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: ucd
      title: 'UCDs'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: stc_in_vot
      title: 'STC in VOTable note'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: skos
      title: 'PR on use of SKOS vocabularies in IVOA'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: ids
      title: 'IVOA Identifiers'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: vourp
      title: 'VOURP'
      issued:
          year: 1900
    - id: ivoid
      title: 'IVOA Identifiers'
      issued:
          year: 1900
link-citations: true
linkReferences: true
---