Gamma-Ray Burst Follow-Up Service Science Prototype
Scientific Motivation Rapid collection of multi-wavelength imaging, catalog and observation data following an interesting transient event is essential. This service can also be used as a general tool to quickly access all data available on any patch of sky for any science use.
Data Resources Multi-wavelength data from any number of sites (currently 13 different sites) sampling energies from X-ray to radio, and including images, object lists, and catalogues of observations.
What the VO Brings Integration and organization of a variety of data sources into an easily comprehensible information set. Scalability to an arbitrary number of data providers. Integrates data with multiple data visualization services.
Enabling Technologies Standard protocols to remote services such as Cone Search and Simple Image Access, standardized VOTables for data retrieval transformation, and standardized semantics encoded as Uniform Content Descriptors (UCDs).
Future Prospects Automated discovery of data sources; customization and quality control of resources searched; more sophisticated use of metadata