The Space Physics Archive Search and Extract (SPASE) effort is an international consortium formed in 2001.
[1][2] Its mission is to define standards and services to enable the establishment and operation of discipline specific Virtual Observatories.
The SPASE consortium also encourages collaboration between agencies and groups interested in sharing space and solar physics data.
The consortium meets by telecon every two weeks to discuss and vote on changes to the data model,[5] conventions[6] and to endorse compliant tools[7] and services.
Participants in the SPASE consortium represent interested groups from NASA, NOAA, JAXA, ESA, CNES and a variety of research institutions.