Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Overview

Timestamp:

04/11/06 06:37:04 (19 years ago)

Author:

joe

Comment:

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Overview

@@ -8 +8 @@
 == Goals and Objectives ==
 
-For a detailed explaination of the design influences for the VSO,
+For a detailed explanation of the design influences for the VSO,
 please see 
 [http://virtualsolar.org/docs/VSO_strawman_20021125.pdf The Virtual Solar Observatory Design Proposal, 2002 November].
-Relevent excerpts are contained below.
+Relevant excerpts are contained below.
 
 === Principal Features ===
@@ -24 +24 @@
 === Original Prototype ===
 
-The original VSO prototype, which is occassionally refered to as
+The original VSO prototype, which is occasionally referred to as
 version 0.5, contained the following features:
 
@@ -37 +37 @@
   * a central catalog,
   * grid computing
-  * any fetures that limit or restrict access to data or software (authentication).
+  * any features that limit or restrict access to data or software (authentication).
 
 Planned features for later implementation included the following:
@@ -43 +43 @@
   * catalog caching (to speed queries),
   * multiple instances of the VSO (to make the VSO truly virtual, it could run on local machines instead of on a small number of remote servers), and
-  * logging of searches (without identifyng the party who carried out the original search).
+  * logging of searches (without identifying the party who carried out the original search).
 
 This reference implementation imparted the following ideas into the
@@ -49 +49 @@
 
 
-  First, it is not a monolitic server with a database that stores
+  First, it is not a monolithic server with a database that stores
   metadata.  Instead, it is an agile, lightweight application program
   that accepts input (user queries) and provides output (data location
@@ -79 +79 @@
 == VSO 0.6 ==
 
-With VSO 0.6, the inidividual objects were simplified and attempts
+With VSO 0.6, the individual objects were simplified and attempts
 were made so that each one could function autonomously.  The system
 was modeled as additional objects, while still using the basic overall
@@ -98 +98 @@
 The changes from 0.5 to 0.6 were refinements of the VSO architecture
 to assist with later maintenance of the VSO.  In addition, the data
-model signicantly changed with this revision.  The following additional
+model significantly changed with this revision.  The following additional
 objectives were realized:
 
@@ -124 +124 @@
 data providers.  To maintain the virtual aspects of the system,
 provisions have been made for multiple Central Server mirrors, and for
-the possibilty of no Central Servers being available.
+the possibility of no Central Servers being available.
 
 VSO 0.7 was never released to the public, due to flaws in the
@@ -133 +133 @@
 
 To solve the logic errors present in 0.7, modifications were made to the
-ordering mechanims within VSO.  The following changes were made:
+ordering mechanisms within VSO.  The following changes were made:
 
   * Data Providers returned enough information for a User Interface to repeat the query, without having maintained records of what the original query was.
@@ -158 +158 @@
 === VSO 1.2 ===
 
-The 1.2 release encorporated refinements suggested by the solar physics
+The 1.2 release incorporated refinements suggested by the solar physics
 community, and attempted to make the overall system easier to maintain.
 
@@ -182 +182 @@
   * provided a mechanism to pass arguments into the search form to pre-select items.
 
+
+=== VSO 1.4 ===
+
+The 1.4 release included modifcations to both the underlying core, and the web-based User Interface
+to enable scientists to more easily identify data sets of interest.
+
+The following modifications were made to to the VSO internals:
+
+  * Populated additional information in the VSO Registry, including 'detector' and 'filter',
+  * and patched a problem with incorrect typing of data returned from the API. 
+
+Some modifications were made to the web-based User Interface, to allow
+users to select based on instruments or observatories, without knowing the specific
+data repository that maintained the data products.  Some cosmetic changes were
+made to unify the look and feel of the web-based User Interface and the online
+documentation for VSO.
+  
 
 == What VSO isn't ==