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		| Paper: | 
		DRACO and the Italian Participation in Virtual Observatory Activities | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		314, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XIII | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		257 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Pasian, F.; Benacchio, L. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		The Italian Data Grid for Astrophysical Research (DRACO: Datagrid for italian Research in Astrophysics and Coordination with the virtual Observatory) is a concept having the aim of providing the scientific community with a distributed multi-functional environment allowing the use of specialized (computing, storage, observational) Grid nodes. DRACO provides the framework through which the Italian astrophysical community participates in the international Virtual Observatory (VO) effort.  | 
	 
	
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