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Sample NSIDC Dataset Level OpenSearch Description Document

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
    OpenSearch description document for nsidc.org. 

    Author: Matthew Savoie
    Date:   2009-10-09

    Copyright (c) 2009 National Snow and Ice Data Center. All rights reserved.
    -->
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" 
                       xmlns:time="http://a9.com/-/opensearch/extensions/time/1.0/"
                       xmlns:geo="http://a9.com/-/opensearch/extensions/geo/1.0/" >

  <!-- Note: nsidc namespace could be esipsearch if we decide to go standard -->
    
  <!-- Admin Details -->
  <ShortName>NSIDC Search</ShortName>
  <LongName>OpenSearch interface for nsidc.org</LongName>
  <Description>This is the opensearch description document that describes how to query our server for dataset level information.</Description>
  <Tags>nsidc.org opensearch</Tags>
  <Contact>webservices@nsidc.org</Contact>
  
  <!-- Images -->
  <!-- 
       2009-10-09: Waiting for a 16x16 icon. And the other should really be 64x64 icon?
  -->
  <Image width="16" height="16" type="image/x-icon">http://nsidc.org/?</Image>
  <Image width="76" height="60" type="image/jpeg">http://nsidc.org/images/logo_nsidc_76x60.jpg</Image>

  <!-- URL Template for refreshing this file -->
  <Url type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
       rel="self"
       template="http://nsidc.org/opensearch/datset"/>

  

  <!-- URL Template for HTML results Dataset level search -->
  <Url type="text/html"
       rel="results"
       indexOffset="1"
       pageOffset="1"
       template="http://www.nsidc.org/opensearch/1.1/service/variable={searchTerms?}&loc={geo:polygon?}&dtstart={time:start?}&dtend={time:end?}&format=html"/>

  <!-- Question: I'm not certain I need the version in the URL or if the
       namespace above does everything we need?  Would we ever want to have
       two OS versions at the same time?  -->

  <!-- Question: Would we use time:start and time:end since we're going to
       limit times to GMT?   -->

  <!-- URL Template for ATOM results Dataset level search -->
  <Url type="text/xml"
       rel="results"
       indexOffset="1"
       pageOffset="1"
       template="http://www.nsidc.org/opensearch/1.1/service/variable={searchTerms?}&loc={geo:polygon?}&dtstart={time:start?}&dtend={time:end?}&format=atom"/>

  <Url type="text/html"
       rel="results"
       indexOffset="1"
       pageOffset="1"
       template="http://www.nsidc.org/opensearch/1.1/service/variable={searchTerms?}&loc={geo:polygon?}&dtstart={time:start?}&dtend={time:end?}&format=html"/>
  

  <!-- Example Queries -->
  <Query role="example" variable="Air Temperature" />
  <Query role="example" variable="Brightness Temperature" 
         dtstart="2000-01-01T00:00:00Z"
         dtend="2000-01-31T23:59:59Z" />

  <!-- Control Params -->
  <Language>en-us</Language>
  <OutputEncoding>UTF-8</OutputEncoding>
  <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
  <SyndicationRight>open</SyndicationRight>
  <AdultContent>false</AdultContent>
  <Attribution>© 2009 National Snow and Ice Data Center.</Attribution>
</OpenSearchDescription>