Russian Virtual Observatory: Russian and fSU resources to be integrated in the IVO

Olga Dluzhnevskaya, Dana Kovaleva, Oleg Malkov
Institute of Astronomy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

The ultimate goal of the Russian Virtual Observatory (RVO) initiative is to provide every astronomer with on-line access to the rich volumes of data and metadata that have been and will continue to be produced by astronomical survey projects. The information hub of the RVO has a main goal of integrating resources of astronomical data accumulated in Russian observatories and institutions, and providing transparent access for scientific and educational purposes to the distributed information and data services that comprise its content.

One of the general purpose data centres for astronomy is the Moscow Centre for Astronomical Data (CAD). CAD has been systematically collecting and distributing astronomical data for about 25 years. The CAD staff will carry out the activities on
construction of the information hub of the Russian Virtual Observatory.