Section: 10.1 The (OPeN)DAP protocol: A word from our Sponsor :-)

OPenDAP (http://www.opendap.org/) is a widely supported protocol for access to remote data

Defined and maintained by the OPenDAP organization

Designed to serve as intermediate format for accessing a wide variety of data sources

DAP divides the data into three parts

DDS - describes the format of the data
DAS - describes associated attributes
DODS - the actual data; aka Data DDS (because the data also includes the DDS at the front)

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