VO protocol
Table Access Protocol
A Virtual Observatory protocol for running database queries against an archive's catalogues over the web, returning the results as VOTables — the standard way to ask an archive a precise question about its tables.
Organisations, telescopes & standards
Knowledge connections
- Associated withVOTable
- Associated withThe Virtual Observatory
- Associated withAstroquery
- Associated withAstronomical Query Languages
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.