架起VO与桌面应用的桥梁.ppt

Date name/org/meeting VOFilter in one sentence VOFilter is an XML based filter developed by the Chinese Virtual Observatory project to transform tabular data files from VOTable format into OpenDocument format, so that VOTable files can be loaded into OpenOffice Calc and then displayed and analyzed. Agenda Background Knowledge VOFilter workflow Usage of VOFilter Limitations and rethinking IVOA VOTable VOTable is an XML standard designed as a flexible storage and exchange format for tabular data, with particular emphasis on astronomical tables. VOTable is the first Recommendation defined by the IVOA. VOTable 1.0 was released in April 2002, before the formation of the IVOA. The latest version of the Recommendation is 1.1, released on August 11,2004. IVOA VOTable (Cont.) An important feature of the format is the possibility of storing metadata and data separately, which makes the VOTable standard ready for the merging Grid computing OpenDocument OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications an open document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents. developed by OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) consortium, based upon the XML-based file format originally created by OpenO OpenDocument (Cont.) In OpenDocument v1.0, six document types are defined: text, spreadsheet, chart, drawing, image and presentation. Spreadsheet is mainly used for tabular data presentation and analysis. The specification defines an XML schema for office applications and its semantics. OpenDocument (Cont.) Structure of an OpenDocument Spreadsheet document OpenO an open source project mainly sponsored by Sun Microsystems In OpenO 2.0 suite, six desktop applications are included: word processor (Writer), spreadsheet (Calc), formula editor (Math), drawing program (Draw), presentation program (Impress), database application (Base) Beginning with version 2.0, OpenO uses the open standard OASIS OpenDocument XML format as its d