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Contents

  1. Abstract
  2. Activity
  3. Status
  4. Finding
  5. Browsing
  6. Reading
  7. Creating Metadata
  8. Community Efforts

1. Abstract

The Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory

Weigel, R S, O'Brien, T P, Green, J C, Zhizhin, M, Mishin, D Y

ViRBO (Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory) is one of the domain-specific virtual observatories funded under the NASA Heliophysics Data Environment (HPDE) program that began development in 2006. In this work, we report on the search, display, and data access functionality of ViRBO along with plans for interaction with upcoming missions, including Radiation Belt Storms Probes (RBSP). We also describe the relationship between the services and data provided by ViRBO and the general architecture of the HPDE and the plan articulated in the 2010 Senior Review of Data Centers. The lessons learned in the development of ViRBO include issues related to (1) creating a user base given the limits of the types of activities a virtual observatory are charged with supporting and (2) dealing with limitations on existing software and standards when developing data services.

2. Activity

2007-2010

  1. Make Radiation Belt Data Available
    • A Virtual Observatory needs publicly available data!
    • Lots of new data online [1]

2010-

  1. Use VxO technology to simplify finding, browsing, and reading data.
    • Technology 1: SPASE - A metadata schema
    • Technology 2: VxOware - A metadata manager and search engine
    • Technology 3: Autoplot - Plots data file URIs referred to in metadata
  2. Create metadata to enable the above.
  3. Work with community to increase adoption.

3. Status

  • Major new release (with features shown in this poster) in January 2011.
  • Begin migrating from MediaWiki platform to VxOware platform
  • Submit reviewed metadata to SMWG repository in Spring 2011
  • Will host a "Using ViRBO" workshop at 2011 GEM conference

4. Finding

  • Search for objects associated with a scientist [2]

5. Browsing

  • Browse news items in different categories [3]

6. Reading

  • View and save contents of data files [4]

7. Creating Metadata

  • Create a SPASE Person record [5]
  • Review a SPASE Observatory record [6]

8. Community Efforts

  • Work with workshops hosts to showcase technology
  • Other
    • AE-9/AP-9 - Provide private SVN hosting for model while in development
    • RBSP - Attend SOC workshop to showcase available technology. Working closely with several data producers on making their data easier to find and use in Virtual Observatory Environment.
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