Table of Contents
National Virtual Observatory
The National Virtual Observatory
Why Now ?
Trends
The Discovery Process
NVO Science: Discoveries
NVO Science: Statistical Surveys
New Astronomy - Different!
Ongoing Mega-Surveys
High Redshift Quasars
Methane/T Dwarf
DPOSS Discoveries
New Neighbor of the Milky Way
The Observatories
HST Data Archive
Some Proposed Surveys
The Road to the NVO
NVO: A New Initiative
The Goals of the NVO
NVO: The Challenges
Necessary Components
New Archival Methods
Examples: non-local queries
Examples: Todayís I/O rates
Geometric Indexing
Sky coordinates
Sky Partitioning
Hierarchical Subdivision
Result of the Query
New Analysis Tools
New Hardware Requirements
What is the NVO? - Content
What is the NVO? - Components
Conceptual Architecture
NVO Layers
The Flavor/Role of the NVO
NVO Development Functions
The Mission of the NVO
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