Implementation through European Community Research Projects

Implementation through European Community Research Projects State of the art Technologies for GIS Management Systems Lykiardopoulos Angelos, Iona Athanasia,Lakes Vasilis, Balopoulos Efstathios, Kalkavouras Constantine Hellenic Center for Marine Research

At the end of 80’s and early 90’s several Oceanographic Data centers had created Databases with mass storage of spatial Information which concerned Oceanographic research outcomes. This was en enormous step of digital storage because big data volumes organized in Database Systems. Data Management Historical Brief PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

In other words the data centers owned databases Based on various RDBMS mechanisms With their own database Schemas With their own data vocabulary (if existed) With raw data in various formats With Applied various processes of data quality control (or with no data quality control) This effort of course leaded into the creation of several data bases without any Interoperability among them. Data Management Historical Brief PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

But the oceanographic community had the need of homogenized and comprehensive data sets for various regions and even world wide. Due to the limitations of information technologies this goal was achieved in the framework of several E.U. projects Central accumulation of data from various Data Centers took place Data sets were processed in common data formats and more or less same Q.C. procedures. Finally the dissemination of these Data sets was carried out mainly via digital media (CD-ROMs, etc). The centralized Data Management Idea… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

During this process: Diverse Data form a wide range of Data Centers were gathered. Common homogenization and QC procedures were passed. And finally some comprehensive Data sets were produced and disseminated. But… The produced Data Sets were stand alone products stored in digital media. Without any dynamic mechanism of maintenance and enhancement. And without any online access. The centralized Data Management Idea… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Thus, the idea of a distributed Oceanographic Data network among the Data Centers started growing up. Since Web technologies were being developed rapidly, became apparent that the above network has to be web based. From Centralized to Distributed model PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The main obstacles that came through for this idea to be fulfilled were: Data bases were in different Schemas and Technologies specific per Data center so there was not any common data interchange mechanism. Data were not homogenized among Data centers. Data quality and Data vocabulary differed from Database to Database Main obstacles… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

From Non Spatial to Spatial Enabled Databases… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial • At the same time another obstacle was that due to premature Data Base technology many RDMBS systems lacked spatial capabilities. • So it was very difficult for the end user: • To query the Database with spatial criteria • To represent geographically the spatial information and produce geospatial products • To work interactive with Geo Data through interfaces with geospatial capabilities • To combine geospatial data with synthetic data products • Hence, for a distributed Oceanographic Data network to be established, the necessity of GIS enabled Databases to become apparent as well. PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

From Non Spatial to Spatial Enabled Databases… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial • At the end of 90’s most of the common used RDBMS were enriched with spatial capabilities and became then powerful mechanisms of integration, exploitation and presentation of spatial information • Oceanographic data centers, exploited this advantage and started upgrading their databases PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Interoperability obstacle is remaining… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial • But still the luck of interoperability was unsolved. The spatial databases made researchers’ life easier with regard to querying data or representing graphically geospatial information • …but they were acting without any interconnection among the various Data Centers. PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

At the same time with the efforts of the Oceanographic community to overcome the obstacle of interoperability of diverse data management systems and during the last five years new technologies instead of traditional web access tools aroused and became common known as: Web Services Web Services… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Summarizing the historical brief throughout important E.U. projects PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial MEDATLAS 1994 1998 2002 SEA DATA NET 2006 MEDAR/MEDATLAS II SEASEARCH PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. • Enrichment of existing data sets • Establishment of common protocols in QC and formatting • Enhancement of communication facilities (www, ftp, e-mail etc) • Efforts in QC • Data homogenization • Centralized management • Distribution with CD ROMs • Development of a pan-european network for ocean and marine data & information management. • Improve the exchange, availability and accessibility of ocean & marine data and information. • Expand the online metadatabases with input of research institutes. • Improve the online accessibility of Sea-Search services & products. • To network existing oceanographic data centres already nationally funded. • To develop an efficient distributed pan-European marine data management Infrastructure (virtual data center). • To provide on-line access to integrated databases of standardised quality by using adapted communication & information technology (Web Services). FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

First of all what is a Web Service? The hidden idea behind WS is the existence of a universal messaging mechanism, capable to deliver and translate messages for diverse and different systems. This feature came to open the road for the solution of interoperability. If different and diverse systems can interpret and process requests from each other let them stay different. Web Services fundamentals PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

There are various theoretical definitions of What a Web Service is “A software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network. It has an interface described in a machine - processable format (specifically WSDL). Other systems interact with the Web service in a manner prescribed by its description using SOAP messages, typically conveyed using HTTP with XML serialization in conjunction with other Web-related standards.” (W3C, 2004) What is a Web Service? PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

“Web services are a distributed computing architecture. Only this particular architecture makes use of loosely coupled applications, as opposed to tightly coupled applications, to enable applications to communicate. This tightly coupled concept radically affects how information systems will work in the future” (Clabby 2003) What is a web Service? PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Generalizing we may define that Web services provide a convenient and standardised way of exposing business logic over a network (the Internet) by use of specific components of communication such as SOAP,UDDI,WSDL What is a web Service? PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) which provides the ability to dynamically select a service at runtime. SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) which provides a Standardized messaging structure based on XML. WSDL (Web Services Description Language) which describes how the client communicates with a Web service or what a service does or where is located. Web Service Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

In the most simple form a web service architecture may be depicted as the diagram Web Service Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The rapid development of technologies towards WS concept has produced several sets of Web Services with regard to the area of the WS applicability. Especially for Geospatial data, Open Geographical Consortium (OGC) has defined two basic sets of Geospatial Web Services. Geospatial Web Services PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The Web Map Services (WMS) which are concerned with transforming spatial data into maps (images). The Web Feature Services (WFS) which are concerned with direct access to data - reading, writing, and updating data. WMS and WFS… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Furthermore, more Web services are under finalization process, one of the most important of them is Web Processing Services WPS is designed to standardize the way that GIS calculations are made available to the Internet. WPS can describe any calculation (i.e. process) including all of its inputs and outputs, and trigger its execution as a Web Service. WPS supports simultaneous exposure of processes via GET, POST, and SOAP, thus allowing the client to choose the most appropriate interface mechanism. Web Processing Services PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The HNODC data management case. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Center (HNODC) is a National Public Oceanographic Data provider and at the same time a member of the International Net of Oceanographic Data Centers (IOC/IODE) HNODC owns a very big volume of Data and Relevant information about the Marine Ecosystem HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

For the efficient management and exploitation of these Data, the first step was a relational Data Base to be constructed. After the necessary stage of data quality control took place, following the International standards, as they agreed during several EU Projects or International Organizations. Finally a mass volume of over 300.000 station data concerning , physical, chemical and biological Oceanographic information, was stored in a Relational Data Base. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The next target aroused then, was an Application to be constructed capable to represent - the Geospatial aspects of this information - together with the non spatial information The necessary analysis took place and a traditional Web Application was developed by the use of the convenient web tools and technologies. Geographical representation was achieved by the use of a Middle Layer tool (ArcIMS) over the Data Base Mechanism. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The convenient Multilayer Architecture was followed The Relational data base as the back end. ArcIMS as the Geospatial representation Mechanism. Apache and Tomcat in heart of the Middle-Tier System. On the top a web Interface with selection criteria for querying specific data sets in specific geographical areas. HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

HNODC – Web page… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Concluding we may say that the whole Architecture , served it’s purpose to: Handle data management issues Expose data dynamically to the web Offer user easy and online data access Represent geospatial information graphically HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Of course some technical issues aroused, regarding the Application’s performance, due to the inefficiency of the Geographical mechanism to handle big volumes of data sets as fast as a Web Application needs. For HNODC this approach is today considered as the first Version (V1) of an Integrated Web Based Environment for it’s Data Management and Data exploitation. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Thus and at the time that Web Services became a fact, a second Version was planned The target of this effort was an Integrated environment to be developed following at least the basic concepts of a Service Oriented Application (SOA) which are: The interface contract to any WebService is platform-independent. Any Web Service can be dynamically located and invoked. Any WebService invoked is self-contained. That is, the service maintains its own state. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

For the development, new software components and tools replaced the “old” ones: Geospatial and non Spatial Web Services mechanisms took the place in the Middle- Layer. Geospatial open source tools and custom development was employed in presentation layer. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

At the same time the application may now interact with any other SOA application either in sending or receiving Geospatial Data, since it inherits the big advantage of interoperability between Web Services systems. HNODC… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The Architecture can be denoted as follows: At the back End Open source PostgreSQL DBMS (and not only..) stands as the data storage mechanism. UMN Map Server and Geoserver are the mechanisms for Representing Geospatial Data via Web Map Service (WMS) Querying and Navigating in Geospatial and Meta Data Information via Web Feature Service (WFS) And in the near future Transacting and processing new or existing Geospatial Data via Web Processing Service (WPS) HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

MapBender, a geospatial portal site management software for OGC and OWS architectures, acts as the integration module between the Geospatial Mechanisms. MapBender comes with an embedded data model capable to manage interfaces for displaying, navigating and querying OGC compliant web map and feature services (WMS and transactional WFS). HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Apache and Tomcat stand again as the Web Service middle Layers Apache Axis2 with it’s embedded implementation of the SOAP protocol acts as the No spatial data Mechanism of Web Services. These modules of the platform are still under development but their implementation will be fulfilled in the near future. HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

And a new Web user Interface for the end user based on enhanced and customized version of a MapBender GUI. HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

HNODC - Architecture… PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

HNODC Web Interface PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

For HNODC the interoperability of Web Services is the big advantage since it is capable to act in the future as provider and consumer of Web Services in both ways: Either as data products provider for external SOA platforms. (e.g. SeaDataNet platform) Or as consumer of data products from external SOA platforms for new applications to be developed or for existing applications to be enhanced. HNODC Web Services PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Further more and when the technology of Web Processing Service (WPS), will be mature enough and applicable for development, the derived data products will be able to have any kind of GIS functionality for consumers across the network. HNODC Web Services PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

An Overall Architecture PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

A good example of the previous architecture, is the Oil spill Drift forecasting Use Case Scenario for Aegean sea. An implementation:The “Oil Spill Scenario” PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Several and diverse Data Sets will be used as inputs in the scenario Application: ASAR satellite images Oceanographic data Wave model (WAM) data Textual Information GIS data about the nearby coasts layout (roads, urban or protected areas etc) An implementation:The “Oil Spill Scenario” PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

The scenario aims to deliver to the end user synthetic information in near real-time regarding: Details about oil spill detection Forecasts about the drift of the oil spill. Additional information about the characteristics and the infrastructure of the nearby coast area The scope of the scenario is to provide the decision makers with all the necessary information to handle the crisis The output of the Application will be Synthetic GIS and non GIS information Either via Map images presentation Or textual information Web Services will be present as discrete Layers of Information (input or output) from the different Data Sources An implementation:The “Oil Spill Scenario” PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

A big obstacle aroused was the Harmonization of the various datasets. Here comes E.U. HUMBOLDT Project which will contribute to harmonization since it aims to: make an inventory of the data harmonisation issues in the Scenario, assess their importance in the Scenario create Scenario-specific data model, develop harmonization software tools An implementation:The “Oil Spill Scenario” PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

An implementation:The “Oil Spill Scenario” PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Conclusions PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial • In conclusion we may denote that by embedding these new technologies to data management model we can exploit the advantages of: • Inheriting interoperability between among Data Centers and Data Providers • Interchanging and combining Data Sets with minimum programming efforts • Producing comprehensive and self explained new Data Products combing various and diverse data sources • Helping end user to navigate through a wide range of information PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Thus we are happy to say that HNODC joins the global scientific community by providing and consuming application Independent data products. Conclusions PAST Historical Brief Centralized D.M. From Centralized to Distributed Model From Non Spatial to Spatial PRESENT Web Services W.S. Architecture Geospatial W.S. WMS/WFS WPS HNODC General HNODC Architecture HNODC Interface HNODC W.S. FUTURE The new architecture An example Conclusions

Implementation through European Community Research Projects