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The NVO Data Discovery Portal

The NVO Data Discovery Portal . Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC. Purpose of the Portal. Get to science right away without worrying about protocols and such. Quick and convenient Integrate Web and CLI analysis. Issues. Complexity of the VO Different kinds of questions users have Our solution:

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The NVO Data Discovery Portal

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  1. The NVO Data Discovery Portal Tom McGlynn NASA/GSFC

  2. Purpose of the Portal Get to science right away without worrying about protocols and such. Quick and convenient Integrate Web and CLI analysis

  3. Issues • Complexity of the VO • Different kinds of questions users have Our solution: • Make the portal a suite of interacting services rather than a single monolithic task.

  4. What’s New Subsume the portal into the NVO home page Emphasize help functionality Scrub for clarity and consistency Establish automated regression tests Released: February

  5. NVO Home page Subsume the portal into the NVO Home page

  6. Service guides Emphasize Help

  7. Interactive help

  8. Clarity and consistency • NVO is many collaborating organizations • Common look and feel • Title bars, descriptions • Icons • Simpler vocabulary • TLA elimination • Registry -> Directory • External reviews

  9. Regression testing • Hourly ‘It’s up’ tests in NVO monitor tool. • More sophisticated Selenium tests developed and run each day • Will replace simpler tests in automated procedures • Suggested at Baltimore IVOA

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