Statement of Work and Milestones

Schedule of Proposed Work

Year One

Year Two

First Half

Second
 Half

First Half

Second
Half

Meetings: THREDDS Technical Task Force (T3F)

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     Stakeholders

 

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Dataset Inventory Component

       

     Define XML specification

       

         Prototype PICat auto-generator, real-time data-stream decoder

       

         Implement on testbed servers (NCAR & SSEC)

       

         Prototype Java API and demo use in Metapps

       

         Prototype data-set views for DODS dataset aggregation

       

Dataset Descriptor Component

       

     Define XML specification for gridded data

       

         Extend prototype PICat auto-generator

       

         Implement on testbed servers

       

         Extend prototype Java API and demo use in Metapps

       

      Define XML specification for imagery (satellite) and point data

       

         Extend prototype PICat auto-generator

       

         Implement on testbed servers

       

         Extend prototype Java API and demo use in Metapps

       

     Extend prototype PICat auto-generator, add “crawling” of existing and       retrospective data

       

Standard Quantities Component

       

     Define XML specifications

       

     Extend prototype PICat auto-generator

       

     Implement on testbed servers

       

     Extend prototype Java API and demo use in Metapps

       

PICat (Inventory plus Descriptor)

       

     Work with developers to implement Java API in other clients

       

     Explore creation of DODS server that incorporates Dataset Descriptions

       

     Release “operational” PICat auto-generator and deploy

       

     Refine XML specs; reimplement; and demo in MetApps

       

     Demo use of Java API on web server (e.g., within servlets)

       

PICat Servers

First Half

Second
 Half

First Half

Second Half

     Prototype as the union of metadata on testbed servers.

       

     Prototype software to automatically update metadata from testbed servers.

       

     Investigate subsetting by time and space, by category

       

     Prototype Java API for accessing PICat Server, demo in MetApps

       

     Test Java API for PICat Server access by other clients

       

    Refine from users/ data providers/tool builders/metadata expert feedback

       

DLESE –THREDDS  - prototype inventory access system

       

     Work on how to incorporate THREDDS into DLESE discovery system

       

     Work to build prototype inventory access system

       

     Add THREDDS datasets, servers, clients, etc to DLESE as resource records

       

     Use of MetApps on DLESE/Unidata portal