VOTable

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File Format
Name VOTable
Ontology
Extension(s) .vot, others
MIME Type(s) application/x-votable+xml

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General description

VOTable is an XML-based table format used for interchange within the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) suite of standards.

The current version (as of late 2012) is VOTable 1.2, standardised in an IVOA Recommendation[1]

Other information

The IVOA acts as a standardisation body for Virtual Observatory projects. In a process modelled on the W3C's, it provides a forum for standards documents to be proposed, discussed, and eventually promoted to Recommendations.

The IVOA's VOTable Working Group maintains an informal list of versions and implementations.

The MIME type application/x-votable+xml is often used for VOTable documents, but has not been registered with the IETF.

File extensions .vot and .xml are reasonably common, but there is no recommendation or fixed convention.

Software

See the IVOA Working Group page mentioned above.

Sample files

No collections known.

Identification

The v1.2 VOTable XML-Schema uses the namespace http://www.ivoa.net/xml/VOTable/v1.2

References

  1. Francois Ochsenbein and Roy Williams, VOTable Format Definition, Version 1.2. Online: http://www.ivoa.net/Documents/VOTable/
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