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		| Paper: | 
		Transient Event Reporting and Response with VOEvent | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		394, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) XVII | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		213 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Seaman, R.; Allan, A.; Williams, R. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		Evanescing astronomical phenomena will be key to dramatic scientific discoveries over the next decades. Large telescopes such as LSST and Pan-STARRS will survey the time domain with unprecedented breadth and depth. Networks of nimble robotic response telescopes (Allan 2006) yearn like locusts anticipating their next meal. A common language for describing observations of transients must span from synoptic discovery to robotic follow-up and through to VO-driven characterization. VOEvent is that lingua franca. | 
	 
	
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