The European Virtual Observatory or EURO-VO project aims at deploying an operational virtual observatory in Europe. Its objectives are

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

take-up and VO-compliant resource provision, building of technical infrastructure, and support for its utilization by the

scientific community The scientific community is a diverse network of interacting scientists. It includes many " sub-communities" working on particular scientific fields, and within particular institutions; interdisciplinary and cross-institutional activities are als ...

. The EURO-VO work programme is the logical continuation of the

Astrophysical Virtual Observatory The Astrophysical Virtual Observatory (AVO) project conducted a research and demonstration programme on the scientific requirements and technologies necessary to build a virtual observatory for European astronomy. The AVO has been jointly funded b ...

(AVO), which created the foundations of a regional-scale infrastructure in a Phase-A effort. EURO-VO is currently a Phase-B deployment of an operational VO in Europe.

External links

Euro-VO site
Virtual observatories