About GAVO
GAVO is a project, sponsored by the BMBF, for building a "Virtual Observatory" platform to support modern astronomical research in Germany. It is the German contribution to the international activities aiming at the creation of a global Virtual Observatory (VO) network. The GAVO project team aims at providing fast and easy access to astronomical data archives and related documentation, as well as a capability to use sophisticated software tools for new studies. ...more
Also, see the GAVO leaflet
E-Science Splinter Meeting at the AG-Herbsttagung 2009
The upcoming autumn meeting of the German Astronomical Society (AG-Tagung 2009) will feature a splinter meeting for E-Science. For more information, see http://www.aip.de/AG2009/ESC.html or the GAVO pages on the Splinter Meeting. Please register if you want to participate.
Work areas and projects
In GAVO's pilot phase, work is concentrating on four main areas: archive technology and publication, data mining and knowledge discovery in federated astronomical archives, theory in the VO, and Grid-computing. The overarching goal is to support the process of scientific discovery in the era of huge distributed scientific databases.
The first step in the process of publishing an archive consists in making the data available on-line. ...more
Products
GAVO is focusing on a selected set of work areas and projects, which have led to a number of products. These products can serve as working examples for other developers who wish to pursue similar goals.
GAVO's products can be subdivided in three different categories: archives, services and software. ...more