HR: 14:19h
AN: IN43C-04    [Abstracts]
TI: Encoding Observational Point Data in WCS: Measuring Performance of XML versus binary NetCDF.
AU: * Caron, J
EM: caron@ucar.edu
AF: Unidata/UCAR, 3300 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Davis, E
AF: Unidata/UCAR, 3300 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80307, United States
AU: Tandy, J
AF: The UK Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, United Kingdom
AB: We examine the possibility of using the Web Coverage Service (WCS) protocol to deliver observational point data. An important implementation question is whether to encode the data in XML or binary. We implement a prototype server and measure the performance of returning the data in XML using a profile of the Geography Markup Language (GML) or returning the data in a netCDF binary file. We may also discuss related encoding issues, including XML variants and the use of the netCDF CF Conventions.
UR: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/caron/presentations/wcsobs/
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting