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[galeon] CI_OnlineResource conventions for WCS data access

Dear Chengfang,

at the moment our client is able to access data from the WCS server given the following template information:

<onLine>
   <CI_OnlineResource>
       <linkage>
<URL>http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/wcs/fmrc/NCEP/NAM/Alaska_11km/NCEP-NAM-Alaska_11km_best.ncd?
</URL>
       </linkage>
       <protocol>
<gco:CharacterString>OGC:WCS-1.0.0-get-coverage</gco:CharacterString>
       </protocol>
       <name>
           <gco:CharacterString>Total_precipitation</gco:CharacterString>
       </name>
   </CI_OnlineResource>
</onLine>

Anyway we can modify our client to be able to support the format that your server provides.

In general we think it would be interesting to start a discussion on the access metadata topic, to be able to cope
at best with this part of ISO Metadata specification.
Therefore we have started writing a small document with a few considerations and proposal. We are posting it also to the Galeon list, thinking that it will be of interest.

We wait for feedback and contributions..!

Enrico

chengfang wrote:
Hi Enrico,

Do your CSW client can do the WCS GetCoverage operation after the result be returned?

Currently our CSW can afford WCS linkage with the format of:
<onLine>
    <CI_OnlineResource>
        <linkage>
<URL>http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/wcs/fmrc/NCEP/NAM/Alaska_11km/NCEP-NAM-Alaska_11km_best.ncd?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCoverage&format=NetCDF3&coverage=Total_precipitation&crs=WGS84(DD)&bbox=-173.00808315955777,29.942938109069445,-62.653748765002376,70.07676409516635
</URL>
        </linkage>
        <protocol>
<gco:CharacterString>OGC:WCS-1.0.0-get-coverage</gco:CharacterString>
        </protocol>
        <description>
            <gco:CharacterString>WCS</gco:CharacterString>
        </description>
    </CI_OnlineResource>
</onLine>


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