Auguest 10th

• Nic shows people Astroscope, Task Launcher, Registry, Workflows, etc.
• Authorization raised again as needed for recent data availability.
• CADC producing infrastructure to provide calibrated data. Calibrated data may be available early next year to be published by the VO.
• DS and SG were issued with AG user accounts and successfully ran the workbench and some sample queries etc on their MACs.
• A range of CADC data resources were highlighted (see http://cadcwww.dao.nrc.ca/)
  • CFHT and CFHTLS archives - in particular first years public data release (see http://www2.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cfht/CFHTLS_public.html)
  • Gemini Science Archive
  • HST archive and the unique WFPC2 associations
  • JCMT archive

It was agreed that in the first instance access to the CFHTLS data would be a good test for AG access.

• GTR created a wrapper to expose the CADC CFHT SIAP service through CEA - CFHT-image-app, ivo://uk.ac.le.star/CFHT/images/CEA-application

August 11th

DS and SG were interested in the possibility of exploring further the use of AstreoGrid components in meeting some of their VO access and system needs.

Actions and future interactions

• Science user access to CADC data sets: already key CADC data services are visible through the workbench - thus CADC SIAP services: CFHT, JCMT, Gemini, HST
  • CADC will explore making there users aware of the AG workbench to give access to these services through e.g. AstroScope with visualisation through PLASTIC linked tools (TopCat, Aladin, VOSpec and GAIA)
• CADC server side services
  • Community
  • Myspace
  • CEA applications - Sextractor and some others to be installed at CADC
  • DSA for ADQL access to certain database held catalogues
• Action line:
  • At ADASS (Oct 2006) - progress meeting
  • AstroGrid consortium meeting (14+15 Dec 2006) @ MSSL
  • AG visit to CADC (Feb/ Mar 2006?) - idea here would be twofold
    • One: review technical roadmap for server side deployment at CADC
    • Two: science use meeting - organised by CADC in the context of the CVO (perhaps a CFHT +/- Gemini data access focus) - so AG scientists to help with demonstrating use of Workbench capabilities to access VO services (thus CADC services as well).
• ACTION list
  • AstroGrid: create wider mailing list to advertise services to the wider user community - e.g. CADC, SAAO etc
  • SG: provide doc and perhaps code if appropriate example SIAP service
  • GTR: provide CEA wrapper example to SG
  • KTN: inform SG of procedures for adding code etc to AG CVS/ Maven and pointer to Bugzilla
  • AstroGrid: add SG to the AG Jabber
  • NAW: invite CADC to Dec consortium meeting
  • DS/NAW: organisation of CVO (with AG?) science workshop
  • Points of contact for technical work will be SG on the CADC side and GTR/ Noel Winstanley for AG.