The
VOTECH
project is an EU FP6 funded design study which aims to complete
the technical preparation for the construction of
the European Virtual Observatory (Euro-VO). The Euro-VO is an integrated and coordinated
program designed to provide the European astronomical community
with tools, systems, research support, and data interoperability
standards necessary to enable astronomers simplified access to
the information they need to complete their research.
The idea of the Euro-VO is to make it feel as if all the
astronomical data and tools are available on the astronomers
desktop, even though they are actually located on systems spread
out over the whole of Europe and even the rest of the world.
The VOTECH project is responsible for completing the design work
and feasibility studies on the backbone software components that
will make the Euro-VO possible. For more information on
the VOTECH project a more thorough summary is
available here.
Further Information for Collaborators
The links on the left of the page offer comprehensive information on Euro-VO
and VOTECH. In particular, the
Project
TWiki stores all documents relating to the project in a form that makes
collaborative working easy.
