1. A Smart On-line Astronomical Information Collector Chenzhou CUI, Huaping SUN China-VO National Astronomical Observatory of China

2. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Evolution (Web Search Engine) (Professional DBs) (Virtual Observatory)

3. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Online Astronomical Resources Catalogs (Database tables) Image archives –Spectrum archives Bibliographic archives Information services

4. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 SkyMouse: A light-weight information collector Not like some VO efforts on uniformed access systems, for example, NVO DataScope, SkyMouse tries to show a comprehensive overview for a specific object, but not to snatch as much data as possible.

5. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Characteristics Easy of Use. Access to world wide astronomical references, catalogs, images, and maybe more, by a simple “MouseOver” action. – Traditional query system: Copy your words->Open Web Browser>Visit Astronomical Database website- >Select service->Paste->Custom Options->Submit – SkyMouse: Mouse over or select -> Click “SkyMouse” icon

6. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Functions Two use mode: through SkyMouse client or use the server directly. Three capture mode: screen, select (recommended), and hot key. PDF support (select mode only). Multiple types of backend services integration, HTTP GET, CGI, Web Services, Grid Services. Update check. Per-selected commonly used resources including SIMBAD, DSS, ADS, VizieR and NED. Simple services custom by user

7. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Technic Highlights “Screen character capture” technic developed independently. Web 2.0 technologies: – AJAX, provides smoothly response and better user experience. –.Net framework, the backend system is based on MicroSoft.Net framework. – Web Services, most components in the backend are Web Services.

8. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 How to get? How to install? How to use? How to feedback?

9. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 How the SkyMouse works? Characters on the screen are captured by the client, then will be sent to SkyMouse server after simple analyse. SkyMouse server accepts item from the client and then sends it to name resolving service of SIMBAD or NED for further information, esp. coordinate. Different databases will be queried using the coordinate and object name. SkyMouse server collects results and displays them in user’s default web browser. –(without cash)

10. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Architecture Client/Server and service oriented architecture

11. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Topology Browser, Client/Server topology

12. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 New Characters in SkyMouse 2.x VO-Registry based service discovery and updates Service custom by user Client package for Linux OS Faster responses based on cashes Different output formats, i.e. ASCII, Pdf, rtf, odf Astronomical object names in Chinese

13. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 Roadmap 2005-05-17 Rough Idea; 2005-09-30 Tech Preview alpha; 2005-11-15 Tech Preview beta; 2005-12-31 SkyMouse 1.0 Alpha 2006-07-19 SkyMouse 1.0 2006-10-15 SkyMouse 1.1 2006-12-31 SkyMouse 2.0 Alpha 2007-04-30 SkyMouse 2.0

14. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 SkyMouse A new user interface for Astronomical online services An intelligent VO client A commodity for astronomers and students

15. IVOA Interoperability Meeting, Moscow, 2006 We need your help on… How to know the captured words is an astronomical object? How to give a better layout for the large queried result?

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