A Data Access Protocol has been set up to search and retrieve Planetary Science data in general. This protocol will allow the user to select a subset of data from an archive in a standard way, based on the IVOA Table Access Protocol (TAP). The TAP mechanism is completed by an underlying Data Model and reference dictionaries. This paper describes the principle of the EPN- TAP protocol and interfaces, underlines the choices that have been made, and discusses possible evolutions.
@article{arxiv.1407.5738,
title = {The EPN-TAP protocol for the Planetary Science Virtual Observatory},
author = {S. Erard and B. Cecconi and P. Le Sidaner and J. Berthier and F. Henry and M. Molinaro and M. Giardino and N. Bourrel and N. Andre and M. Gangloff and C. Jacquey and F. Topf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5738},
year = {2017}
}
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21 pages. Submitted to Astronomy & Computing, S.I. Virtual Observatory