Re: Thoughts on GALEON Phase 2

Rudy,
I agree with you that the point here should be how to combine (or mediate) existing and future coming ES and GIS markup languages. In fact, ncML-GML implements a mediation markup language to combine ncML and GML data and encoding models.
We produced some early thoughts on this general topic during the NSF / NSDL Workshop on Scientific Markup Languages (Arlington, Virginia June, 2004 ); you can download them from the final report here: http://comm.nsdl.org/download.php/361/nativi.ppt 


---Stefano







Gerry,
The use of multiple 'languages' e.g. GML and SensorML seems to me the only way to describe the different aspects of Earth Science monitoring and data systems. This may be naive, but my question is not whether but how to use the combination of these standard languages to describe the entire elephant. Some early, thinking-fragments on this topic, related to air quality is here. 
<http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/researchareas/GALEON/Reports/AQ_Pt_OGC.ppt>http://capita.wustl.edu/capita/researchareas/GALEON/Reports/AQ_Pt_OGC.ppt

Ron,
Expanding on Ben's comment, GML (rectified grid) is one of the WCS data formats returned from (some of the) test servers in GALEON, e.g. <http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/ogc.wsfl?SERVICE=wcs&REQUEST=GetCoverage&VERSION=1.0.0&CRS=EPSG:4326&COVERAGE=THREDDS_GFS.T&FORMAT=GML&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90,1350,1350&TIME05-12-06T12:00:00Z&WIDTH=900&HEIGHT=400&DEPTH=0>http://webapps.datafed.net/dvoy_services/ogc.wsfl?SERVICE=wcs&REQUEST=GetCoverage&VERSION=1.0.0&CRS=EPSG:4326&COVERAGE=THREDDS_GFS.T&FORMAT=GML&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90,1350,1350&TIME05-12-06T12:00:00Z&WIDTH=900&HEIGHT=400&DEPTH=0 

All,
FYI, George Percivall, Chief Architect of OGC, has prepared this PPT on the OGC Networks, including the GEOSS Services Network, (GSN) 
<http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/index.php?artifact_id=13947>http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/index.php?artifact_id=13947

Rudy
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