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AN: U22A-0002    [PDF]
TI: The Mission Independent Data Layer MIDL Approach to Space Physics Data Interoperability
AU: * Vandegriff, J D
EM: jon.vandegriff@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11000 Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AU: Choo, T
EM: teck.choo@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, 11000 Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20723 United States
AB: We report progress in the development of the Mission Independent Data Layer MIDL, a mechanism for accessing multi-mission magnetospheric and heliospheric datasets. The desire of the space physics community and the LWS program to do Sun-to-Earth integrated science has initiated renewed interest in more capable data systems which can provide simplified access to multiple datasets which are in different formats and from different missions. The first step towards integrated data access is the discovery of data from different datasets, and this aspect of a possible space physics virtual observatory is being addressed by several other projects. The second step in data interoperability is the merging of actual data as discovered by a search engine, and because MIDL provides this capability, it complements other search engine mechanisms. Currently, the MIDL web site (http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/MIDL) provides visual browsing and direct access to energetic particle data, magnetic field data, and plasma data for 6 missions: ISEE-1, ISEE-2, AMPTE-CCE, Geotail-EPIC, IMP-8, and Cassini. MIDL uses the concept of a data interface to achieve interoperability among datasets with different formats. Details on implementing a data interface for different missions will be discussed, as will the relationship of MIDL to other virtual observatory efforts in space physics.
UR: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/MIDL
DE: 2794 Instruments and techniques
DE: 7594 Instruments and techniques
DE: 7894 Instruments and techniques
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MN: 2003 Fall Meeting