1. NODC ↔ Data Consumers Steve Rutz NOAA/NESDIS National Oceanographic Data Center NODC Observing Systems Team Leader June 21, 2011

3. Archival Information Package (aka, NODC Accessions) Accession Tracking Database Tracks metadata relevant to data discovery Records version control for long term stewardship Producer's SIP Data set is preserved exactly as submitted to Archive Archive's supplementary files Browse graphic of geographic coordinates FGDC metadata records May generate more interoperable file formats of the data for long-term stewardship

4. Discovery Human to Machine Interfaces Machine to Machine Interfaces Discovery Human to Machine Interfaces Machine to Machine Interfaces Discovery The NODC Ocean Archive AIP Discovery is enabled through numerous interfaces designed for both humans and their machine clients. Human-to-machine interfaces include government- mandated generalized portals like Data.gov and Geospatial One-Stop (GOS) Discovery services are available for ALL of the NODC Archive holdings, but better metadata supports better discovery! OAS GoogleData.govGOS CSW OpenSearchSRU/ISO23950 Geoportal Server Web App Geoportal Server REST API

5. Access and Use LAS, GIS, KML WCS, WMS, SOS DAP FTP and HTTP The NODC Ocean Archive AIP Enhanced online access, visualization, and analysis tools: These capabilities require more structured metadata and standardized file formats, so are available to the fewest archive holdings. Data Access Protocol (DAP): Requires standard file formats so is available to fewer archive holdings. Basic FTP/HTTP access for all Archival Information Packages (AIP) in the NODC Ocean Archive: These distribution methods have no format or metadata requirements so they work for all archive holdings, but they provide only basic download capability. Get your DIPs!

6. Access Services Ocean Archive System http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/Archive/Search HTTP and FTP ftp://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/ OPeNDAP’s Data Access Protocol via Hyrax http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/opendap OGC’s WMS and WCS via THREDDS Data Server http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/thredds Web Accessible Folder of metadata harvested by Google, geodata.gov (aka, Geospatial One Stop), and Data.gov http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/NESDIS_DataCenters/metadata/index.html Live Access Server http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/las

7. Access Services Stay tuned … More to Come! OGC’s Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) Search/Retrieval via URL (SRU) Geoportal Server ArcGIS Server and someday Sensor Observation Service (SOS) In other words, this is not your father’s NODC! (or your supervisor’s, or the NODC you knew while in grad school…)

8. Geoportal Server

9. Send us an e-mail! To: NODC.Services@noaa.gov Cc: Steven.Rutz@noaa.gov,Kenneth.Casey@noaa.gov From: Data Consumer Subject: How do I access archival data at NODC? Data? Information? Collaboration?