Federation & the Virtual Observatory
Interoperability with the wider linked-data and astronomy ecosystem — resolvable IRIs for federation, and an interface prepared for the International Virtual Observatory Alliance protocols (TAP/ADQL). The linked-data foundation is live; the federation and VO services are architecture-ready.
Federation-Ready Metadata
Architecture-readyLinked-data IRIs
Every entity already carries a resolvable IRI in the JSON-LD export, the foundation for federating the graph with other linked-data sources. A published federation manifest and cross-dataset link set are architecture-ready.
Resolvable IRIs exist in the JSON-LD; a formal federation manifest and external owl:sameAs link set are architecture-ready, not yet published.
Virtual Observatory (TAP / ADQL)
Architecture-readyIVOA TAP / ADQL
An interface prepared for the International Virtual Observatory Alliance protocols — a TAP service answering ADQL queries over the tabular catalogues (stars, deep-sky, exoplanets). The catalogues carry the real measured columns; a TAP/ADQL service over them is architecture-ready.
No TAP service is hosted. The catalogues hold the real columns (RA/Dec, magnitudes, distances); a TAP/ADQL endpoint is architecture-ready, not live.