Talk:Candidate Technical Topics
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CF-API
- need to read and write CF-compliant files easily
- python interface for unidata libcf? http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/libcf/
Performance
- non-compressed data preferred
- many files vs. single file for queries
- mapping: many files -> single identifier
- some concerns that this might be too slow, will have to try and find a sensible balance
- queries might get very large (the only natural limit is the dataset/identifier)
- need to limit query size on server side (datafed browser: currently client side management)
- mapping: many files -> single identifier
Common NetCDF Python Interface, NetCDF4
- Kari cloned PyNIO interface for Windows, so no problem right now for cross platform development
- solve other problems first, keep an eye open
- NetCDF4 might make things more complicated if you try to use all features, might not be easily mappable to WCS concept
Delivery of other data formats, other input formats
- need to map other formats to WCS and/or CF concept
- differentiate between format (NetCDF) and convention (CF)
- chain with WMS server for default views/previews
revision tracking of Datasets
- always try to get current data when dealing with real time data, always expect your data to be old
- would be nice to have WCS field for "last updated" date, same for NetCDF/CF (global attribute?)
- we can make something up on our own for a start
- try to propose that for CF (and WCS)
Delivery of Point Station data
- put logic/processing into SQL database as much as possible (views, stored procedures, etc)
- try to maintain unit tests for this
- need to discuss in more detail how this can be served using WCS (Paul/NILU)
technical Access restrictions to WCS
- HTTP Basic authentication
- API key
- does not have to be 100% secure, more about connecting with the users, knowing who they are and to establish an accepted way of accessing the data
- firewall whitelisting might be an option for small user groups
Relationship with other Servers
- write a wrapper to import data formats when needed
WCS 2.0
- more modular: core and extensions
- potentially easier to use/implement?
- proper CF-NetCDF extension coming
Processing Services
- idea: community provides online processing service for their discipline
- not part of WCS, but separate service
- protocol: WPS (web processing service, http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wps)
extended (Time) filtering
- day of week, hour of day, day of month,...
- describe non-standard features in capabilities document?
- might be difficult to get into official standard?
- does not/should not interfere with standard if you don't use it