Common Astronomical Software Environment for Data Analysis

摘要

The general user support for many traditional data process-ing systems (e.g. IRAF, Starlink, and MIDAS) has been significantly re-duced in recent years. Further, much of the current efforts in the area ofdata processing is related to special purpose packages for specific project.This emphasizes the need for planning in the area of common data pro-cessing software to ensure that new applications can be shared, generalsupport provided and new technologies (such as VO, Grid) utilized. The OPTICON Network 3.6 and NVO have started a discussion on thehigh-level requirements and architectural concepts for a common softwareenvironment for astronomical data analysis and processing. The BoF wasconvened to summarize the current status and discuss the developmentsin a broader community.