It aims to allow seamless access to distributed astronomical resources, and to provide the necessary tools to analyse data and produce scientifically relevant results. In this context, access to and full interoperability between spectroscopic data of current ground-based or space-borne observatories is already now a key element to fully exploit the potentiality of the VO.
The EURO-VO project aims at deploying an operational VO in Europe. Its objectives are technology take-up and VO compliant resource provision, building the technical infrastructure and supporting its utilization by the scientific community.