VESPA: Developing the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory
Résumé
One goal of the Europlanet-RI programme was to set the basis for a European Virtual Observatory (VO) in Planetary Science. The objective in this initial step was to save time during searches in big archives and small databases, as well as to facilitate data access and visualization. The system is based on a new access protocol based on TAP, a specific client to query the available services, and intensive recycling of tools developed for the Astronomy VO. Some new databases were also produced in the Europlanet-RI framework. This system will be extended to all fields of Planetary Science in the frame of the Horizon 2020 programme, and open to external data providers.