This specification defines a simple query protocol, named Simple Cone Search, for retrieving records from a catalog of astronomical sources. The query describes a sky position and an angular distance, defining a cone on the sky. The response returns a list of astronomical sources from the catalog whose positions lie within the cone, formatted as a VOTable.
The current version aims essentially at aligning this specification with the Data Access Layer (DAL) landscape at the time of writing.
It also currently includes addition of a feature to allow for filtering in a specific time window.
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This specification is currently under revision to reach version 1.1.
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The current IVOA Recommendation is: REC-1.03.
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