TY - GEN
T1 - An XML-based language to connect NetCDF and geographic communities
AU - Nativi, S.
AU - Bigagli, L.
AU - Domenico, B.
AU - Caron, J.
AU - Davis, E.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Geosciences and Geographic -information realms present several common aspects and share common data (i.e. they both generate, manage and use geospatial data). Nevertheless, they have been developing their own semantics, schemas and tools, which very often are not completely interoperable. That is the case of ncML (netCDF Markup Language) and GML (Geography Markup Language) content/semantics. Such issue is one of the main motivations for developing the presented ncML extension called ncML-GML. NcML-GML leverages the ncML ability to encode multidimensional arrays, and the wide acceptance of GML for encoding geospatial coverage. Based on GML 3.1.1 grammar, ncML-GML implements one of the possible encodings of a general interoperability model (i.e. both abstract and content interoperability models) which reconciles typical atmospheric sciences and geospatial data models. In this paper we describe the recently released version: ncML-GML ver. 0.7.3. The motivation, objectives and the newly-developed schemas are described and discussed. We also present the API (called N2G) developed to support ncML-GML documents as being used in the framework of GALEON IE - an OGC interoperability experiment which aims at extending the OGC WCS specification in order to support netCDF datasets. The role played by the ncML- GML in this experiment is presented and discussed.
AB - Geosciences and Geographic -information realms present several common aspects and share common data (i.e. they both generate, manage and use geospatial data). Nevertheless, they have been developing their own semantics, schemas and tools, which very often are not completely interoperable. That is the case of ncML (netCDF Markup Language) and GML (Geography Markup Language) content/semantics. Such issue is one of the main motivations for developing the presented ncML extension called ncML-GML. NcML-GML leverages the ncML ability to encode multidimensional arrays, and the wide acceptance of GML for encoding geospatial coverage. Based on GML 3.1.1 grammar, ncML-GML implements one of the possible encodings of a general interoperability model (i.e. both abstract and content interoperability models) which reconciles typical atmospheric sciences and geospatial data models. In this paper we describe the recently released version: ncML-GML ver. 0.7.3. The motivation, objectives and the newly-developed schemas are described and discussed. We also present the API (called N2G) developed to support ncML-GML documents as being used in the framework of GALEON IE - an OGC interoperability experiment which aims at extending the OGC WCS specification in order to support netCDF datasets. The role played by the ncML- GML in this experiment is presented and discussed.
KW - Data model interoperability
KW - Geosciences data access
KW - GML
KW - NetCDF
KW - Science markup languages
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34948814982
U2 - 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.632
DO - 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.632
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34948814982
SN - 0780395107
SN - 9780780395107
T3 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
SP - 2440
EP - 2444
BT - 2006 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS
Y2 - 31 July 2006 through 4 August 2006
ER -