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AN: U41B-0020    [PDF]
TI: Tailoring Access to Earth Science Data and Information Using ECHO
AU: * Weinstein, B E
EM: Beth.E.Weinstein@nasa.gov
AF: NASA/GSFC, Code 423, Greenbelt, MD 20771 United States
AU: Burnett, M T
EM: mburnett@blueprinttech.com
AF: Blueprint Technologies, 8618 Westwood Center Dr. Suite 310, Vienna, VA 22182 United States
AB: Today, users may find it difficult to use the existing interfaces to find, acquire, and use Earth Science data and information. Experience has shown that one size doesn't fit all. We have learned that diverse user communities can leverage information much more efficiently if they have discipline-specific user interfaces tailored to their needs. Earth Observing System ClearingHOuse (ECHO) allows anyone to build their own, personalized client for targeted science and application goals, based on the same interoperable clearinghouse of metadata and services. This enables more varied and flexible data access options and capabilities. A variety of science and application goals can be met through clients built on the same, common ECHO application program interface (API) framework. This poster highlights a set of existing clients based on this common framework and the potential for reuse of existing capabilities in new tools.
UR: http://eos.nasa.gov/echo
DE: 6699 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9399 General or miscellaneous
DE: 9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: U
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting