SAMP — Simple Application Messag- ing Protocol Version 1.11 - IVOA

provides more hooks for future extension, in particular by pervasiveuse of the extensible vocabulary pattern.BChange HistoryChanges to SAMP since Working Draft version 1.0 (2008-06-25):• Return values of callAll and notifyAll operations changed; theynow return information about clients receiving the messages (Section3.11).• Characters allowed in string type restricted to avoid problems transmittingover XML; was 0x01–0x7f, now 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0d, 0x20–0x7f(Section 3.3).• New hub administrative message samp.hub.disconnect (Section 5.4.1).• Empty placeholder appendix on SAMP/PLASTIC interoperability removed.• Wording clarified and made more explicit in a few places.• Typos fixed, including incorrect BNF in Section 3.7.• Author list re-ordered.• Editorial changes and clarifications following RFC period.• MType Vocabulary section now directs readers to http://www.ivoa.net/samp/to find current MType list and process.References[1] http://www.eurovotech.org/.[2] F. Bonnarel, P. Fernique, O. Bienaymé, D. Egret, F. Genova, M. Louys,F. Ochsenbein, M. Wenger, and J. G. Bartlett. The ALADIN interactivesky atlas. A reference tool for identification of astronomical sources.A&AS, 143:33–40, April 2000.[3] U. Becciani, M. Comparato, A. Costa, C. Gheller, B. Larsson, F. Pasian,and R. Smareglia. VisIVO: an interoperable visualisation tool for VirtualObservatory data. Highlights of Astronomy, 14:622–622, 2007.[4] http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/xpa/.[5] J. Taylor, T. Boch, M. Comparato, M. Taylor, and N. Winstanley.PLASTIC — a protocol for desktop application interoperability.http://ivoa.net/Documents/latest/PlasticDesktopInterop.html, June 2006. IVOA note.40