1. Using “virtual” Data Provider capabilities
Sergey Sukhonosov, Dr. Sergey Belov
National Oceanographic Data Centre, Russia

2. Light Data Provider
The Light Data Provider software (L-DP) is an extension of Data Provider functionality.
The goal of Light Data Provider – to integrate data from data centres unable to install Data Provider software.
Light DP is one of the possibilities to attract data centres to submit data without much efforts.

3. How to start with Light DP
Send a request to data centre with installed DP to host you as a Light Data Provider
Create user at regional portal (see “User and role management”)
Register Light Data Provider at Integration Server
Notify user by about login/password and URL of DP web-interface

4. Capabilities Register metadata Connect data: Metadata maintenance
Upload data files on DP server (structured and objective data files)
Specify HTTP/FTP URLs (catalogues, data files or links to web-applications available by Internet)
Metadata maintenance

5. Pros and cons Pros: Nothing to install
Data storage is provided by DP server
Cons:
Uploaded data volume is limited
Data from DBMS couldn’t be submitted in proper way (in accordance with network speed and large volumes of data)

6. Questions?