[Kstars-devel] A short mockup of my GSoC ideas.

[Akarsh Simha]

> >> Observing logs : Create a QGroupBox kinda thingi to make it user
> >> friendly. -> It'll look something like
> >> http://doc.trolltech.com/4.4/images/parent-child-widgets.png Store
> >> the logs in a meaningful format.
> >
> > In the backends, this would probably be a good XML format, with
> > structures for Describing equipment (telescopes, eyepieces...),
> > observing sites and observing "sessions".
> >
> 
> I would recommend COMCAST XML Schema, a free and open schema definition
> for all kinds of (amateur-) astronomical observations.
> COMAST XML Schema was developed by the german "Fachgruppe für
> Computerastronomie <http://www.computer-astronomie.de/>" (section for
> computerastronomy) which is a subsection of Germanys largest astronomy
> union (VDS - Vereinigung der Sternfreunde e.V. <http://www.vds-astro.de/>))
> 
> http://observation.sourceforge.net/en/index.html
> 
> Try "Observation Manager",  a open logbook for (amateur-) astronomical
> observations, written in free java, to see how it works.
> Here some screenshots:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=79315

Thanks Jeamy. I've already been considering this strongly.

Regards
Akarsh