The Action Spécifique Observatoires Virtuels France (Virtual Observatory France Specific Action) in the Open Science Context
Abstract
Astronomy has been, and continues to be, a pioneer of Open Science. It has established and maintains a disciplinary data sharing framework, the astronomical Virtual Observatory, which enables astronomers to discover the data useful for their research, to access them, and to use them with interoperable tools. Thanks to the work of the data producers and of the VO developers, astronomical data are FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). The Action Spécifique Observatoires Virtuels France (France Virtual Observatory Specific Action - ASOV) was created in 2004 by the CNRS-INSU, with CNES support, as the French chapter of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA), which defines the Virtual Observatory standards at the international level, and a co-ordination structure at the national level. The ASOV supports French participation to the IVOA and technical exchanges between the French astronomical data and service centres. Its role and impact are described in the Open Science national and international context.
- Publication:
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SF2A-2019: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019sf2a.conf...27G
- Keywords:
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- Virtual Observatory;
- Open Science