Herschel TAP (Table Access Protocol) has been registered in the EuroVO registry and it is therefore available to any Virtual Observatory tool designed to access it, such as TOPCAT .
The access to any registered TAP is located in in the main tool bar TOPCAT application under "VO" > "Table Access Protocol (TAP) Query".
A new window allows the user to enter any keywords
to refine the search for a specific TAP.
To search for Herschel Archive TAP, input "Herschel" in the "Locate TAP Service" tab
and select the corresponding ESA VO TAP right at the bottom of the list
(ivo://esavo/hsa/tap).
Once the service is selected, the user can navigate through the table tree to learn about the structure of the tables and the information provided. On the "ADQL Text" box at the bottom the user can query and retrieve the results using the ADQL ( Astronomical Data Query Language) as it can be seen in the image below.
The table with the results from the query will finally be loaded into TOPCAT main context window.
