http://virbo.org:8080/virbo News for Metadata Engine for The Virtual Radiation Belt Observatory http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=9199BCE7-F68E-AB0B-A55B-C4DB11C79743 The following link are all the presentations at the space weather symposium at the AMS conference. http://ams.confex.com/ams/90annual/techprogram/programexpanded_596.htm 2010-02-21T15:39:51 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=8F7B9EDD-C993-7272-6807-159483713315 A list of all AGU posters and presentation that may be of interested to those interested in VxO's and Data-related issues. 2009-12-09T03:41:58 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=23087CFF-C4E6-B2AB-B3C4-C46F139AEF0C ViRBO currently hosts several SVN and git repositories on the local server at GMU. We are looking into moving these repositories to http://repositoryhosting.com as they offer many added-value services, including a web interface, back-ups, and a bug tracking system. If you are interesting in having a radiation belt related codebase hosted at ViRBO, please send email to virbo@virbo.org. 2009-07-22T14:55:24 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=38177338-42FF-E3B9-074F-E94E21C3949B We have ingested the archive of SPA Newsletters. You may restrict your search by year and volume. 2009-07-09T20:12:25 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=2726897F-ABB2-5D66-C984-0D50FBD83B48 Hi all - I'm pleased to announce the availability of a collection of tools for purveyors of SPASE metadata. These tools were developed as part of the VMO effort and we've packaged them for distribution to the community. Full information about the toolkit is available at: http://www.spase-group.org/tools/toolkit/ The toolkit includes the following: Collator -Separate each SPASE resource description in a file into a separate file stored in a folder tree according to the Resource ID. Downloader - Obtains a list of URLs associated with a resource by querying a registry server, then downloads and packages all the source files. The collection of files is packaged into a zip file and written to the output file. Profiler Profile generator. Create resource profiles for SPASE resource descriptions. Profiles all have a common schema which can be used in a solr search engine. Validator - SPASE Resource Description grammar checker. Checks a resource description for compliance to a specified version of the SPASE data model. RefCheck - SPASE Resource Description reference checker. Can check both resource identifiers and URLs for referential integrity. Can also produce lists of identifiers and URLs. XMLGrep - XML Parser, XPath generator and search tool. Parses an XML file and flattens the document content. Values can be retrieved using an XPath that can contain regular expressions. All values in the XML file can be listed with a corresponding XPath. 2009-07-07T20:08:32 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=855A631F-EF59-4453-C7EE-CFC1AAAABE97 A note about keeping informed about ViRBO news at various levels of granularity. 2009-07-05T16:28:32 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=393B3FE5-2352-C366-49D5-2C6B377B0CA1 SPASE Version 2.0.0 was released 2009-07-01T13:56:33 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=C8135CC2-7EC1-CF54-6711-7432A6CA5109 The workshop website has been update with logistical information for those who are unfamiliar with the UMBC campus. Maps, parking information, and workshop location information can be found at http://essi.gsfc.nasa.gov/logistics/ Additionally, the proceedings page ( http://essi.gsfc.nasa.gov/proceedings.html ) has been updated with information regarding the special issue of the journal Earth Science Informatics. We encourage all presenters to submit full manuscripts of their work to this special issue. In order to make the submission and peer-review process as efficient as possible we ask that authors begin preparing their papers according to the details posted. A follow up email will be sent in the coming weeks once the special issue is ready for submission. Please DO NOT submit your manuscript at this time as they will be assigned to the next issue of the journal and not the special issue. Thank you, ESSI Program Committee 2009-07-01T13:47:38 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=1C7508C8-78C4-68AB-4905-5A4011F48D54 Added SYM- and ASY-H data 2009-07-01T13:46:07 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=8915EE28-3DBF-916E-65E2-BA71E7F0DAAA Following a discussion at the 2009 GEM Meeting, we are working with Fok and the CCMC to determine the feasibility of creating a solar cycle run of the Fok Ring Current model. For updates on the status of this, please subscribe to the GEM FG email list, which is listed at http://virbo.org/GEMFG9. 2009-07-01T13:45:27 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=351ECDC0-D3E4-8B8E-54F7-6043293F90BA The VMO and VHO/VEPO now have SPASEQL APIs available for testing. Source code and examples can be found at: http://spaseql.gsfc.nasa.gov/services/vho-vmo/ The examples show a range of questions that can be asked via SPASEQL. Additionally, the same query can be sent to multiple VxOs by changing command line options. The results come back in standard SPASEQL format which should facilitate easy intersections and unions. Please note that currently the VHO and VMO web sites have not been connected to these new SPASEQL interfaces. For the time being they are only available via the Java code. Also, more complex queries, which are supported by SPASEQL, are currently not implemented yet. I’d appreciate any comments or criticism from those that test the interfaces. 2009-07-01T13:44:24 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=EAA0C79A-722D-3368-3700-758F037FFE30 Powerpoints and notes from the GEM RB Climatology Focus Group/NGSSC meeting have been posted at http://virbo.org/GEM_NGRSC_2009. Of special note is a talk by Davin Larson titled Using the THEMIS energetic Particle Data which gives details on their progress in developing data products for radiation belt science. 2009-07-01T13:25:24 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=8A42FDA1-FE3D-A7D0-083F-337350239BB6 We are planning a meeting to identify future high-priority activities of ViRBO. An announcement will be made to the SPA Newsletter and the GEM Space Radiation Climatology Focus Group email list given at http://virbo.org/GEMFG9. 2009-07-01T13:23:23 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=071FADDE-4F0D-F81D-34CB-427212024B28 On Tuesday December 16th from 1:30-3:30, I will present some live demos of ViRBO at the eGY booth (Booth #2558, behind the AGU booth and across from the Google booth). On Thursday, December 18th from 12:30-3:30, Jeremy Faden will present some live demos of Autoplot [http://autoplot.org] (but we can also discuss ViRBO). On Friday, December 19th, I will present a ViRBO post (#SA53A-1571 in Hall D) starting at 13:40. 2008-12-16T16:51:19 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=FE0B5C80-07D6-599B-97D2-50E2BA5F104D A public mailing list for virbo news. 16-12-2007 04:17:40 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=C2DB650A-85F4-7A0A-7ADC-063F4E6194BC * Thursday from 11:30-13:30 in the eGY suite Mariott Hotel, Room TBD (We will know the suite number on Sunday, Dec. 9th): Weigel will lead an informal discussion on ideas for data sets and servies that ViRBO can provide. * Wednesday from 15:00-18:00 in the eGY booth (#532): Weigel and Kihn will show slides of ViRBO and demo some of its capabilities. * Weigel will present a talk on ViRBO at 16:55 Friday Afternoon in MS 308 in Session SH54C html 09-12-2007 15:45:27 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=41786E3D-B396-8D08-3954-3C6154B07E06 ViRBO uses the SPASE model to create metadata for its data holdings. At its most basic level you can think of SPASE as a structure way to create a README file for your data. For example, suppose you devised a new solar sunspot index. If you created a SPASE record for the data associated with your index it would show up when another scientist did a search on "Solar Index Data" (after you let a SPASE search engine know of the SPASE record you created). But SPASE was develop to much more. See http://www.spase-group.org for more information. 29-11-2007 18:26:15 http://virbo.org:8080/virbo/viewdata.do?docname=A7504616-BD42-1617-E556-792FFC5019B0 GEM FG on Space Radiation Climatology Focus Group Topic Description: Climatology is typically defined as the study of the long-term (seasonal, decadal, etc.) variability of the atmosphere, as opposed to weather, which is typically defined as the short term variations associated with storms, fronts, air masses, etc. There is a direct analogy in space weather and space climate, and it influences how we pursue knowledge about the space environment. Space weather is often pursued in the form of observations and physics-based simulations of individual storm events, while space climate has, until recently, been characterized almost exclusively by long-term empirical studies. 19-06-2007 13:50:42