Australian OPeNDAP Workshop series

12 October           APAC'07 OPeNDAP workshop                            [for more info] [registration]

15-16 October      OPeNDAP System Admin. workshop                [for more info] [registration]

17-18 October      OPeNDAP Software Developer's workshop    [for more info] [registration]

OPeNDAP (Open Data Access Protocol) is an open-sourced and widely supported protocol for the serving of oceanographic, meteorological and climate data to this community over the internet and on the Grid. The protocol allows data to be accessed regardless of its underlying data format. The protocol will be discussed and illustrated with some of the international and national data facilities. OPeNDAP technology is maintained by the OPeNDAP, Inc developers and thru the community working groups. More information can be found at the http://www.opendap.org/ website.

OPeNDAP servers present the user with a catalog of datasets and metadata stored across local storage systems, relational databases, remote OPeNDAP servers, and virtualized data sets which can add metadata, aggregate data files or compute data on the server-side. OPeNDAP servers allow the users to subset and sub-sample data sets based on variable name, spatial range, and temporal range. OPeNDAP servers support multiple transport protocols such as HTTP, GridFTP, and DAP. DAP data access to storage systems is transparent to the user, allowing the service to access any data format with sufficient metadata, and any storage device such as a filesystem or relational database.

In addition to the OPeNDAP service, there is a well established suite of client programs and API libraries for interfacing with the OPeNDAP service (in addition to common web browsers). The API supports a number of commonly used programming languages such as C++, Java and Python for custom application support. Common scientific applications (such as Matlab, IDL, Ferret, GrADS) support this protocol with high level clients.

Workshop Event Info

OPeNDAP workshop at APAC"07 conference
When:  Friday 12th October 2007 from 8:30am to 12:30pm
Where:  Rendezvous Observation City Hotel, Perth, Western Australia
Presenters:  Peter Fox (NCAR), James Gallagher (OPeNDAP), and Tim Pugh (BMRC)
Convenor:  Nathan Bindoff (CSIRO, TPAC, Univ. of Tasmania)
Registration:  http://www.apac.edu.au/apac07/
Abstract: The workshop will illustrate the utility of OPeNDAP data services to catalog, retrieve, and subset various data sets from national and international archives using a range of well established clients (eg Matlab, IDL, ncBrowse, Ferret, NCO, etc) and servers (TDS, Hyrax, GDS, PyDAP). The workshop will present future plans for the Data Access Protocol (DAP), integration with OpenGIS Web Services, and interoperability with the Australian Access Federation and National Computing Infrastructure.

OPeNDAP System Administrator"s workshop
When:  Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th October 2007 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Where:  Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 700 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Presenters:  James Gallagher (OPeNDAP), Patrick West (NCAR), Nathan Potter (OPeNDAP)
Convenors:  Tim Pugh (BMRC), Nathan Bindoff (CSIRO, TPAC), Peter Fox (NCAR)
Registration:  [registration form]
Abstract:  The workshop describes the Hyrax data server architecture and teaches how to install, configure, and test the data server thru hands-on instruction. The workshop illustrates the server"s ability to authenticate and authorize access, as well as support various data formats and archives. The workshop discusses future development plans in OGC web services. Presented by U.S. based OPeNDAP.org developers.

OPeNDAP Software Developer"s workshop
When:  Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th October 2007 from 9:00am to 5:00pm
Where:  Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 700 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Presenters:  James Gallagher (OPeNDAP), Patrick West (NCAR), Nathan Potter (OPeNDAP)
Convenors:  Tim Pugh (BMRC), Nathan Bindoff (CSIRO, TPAC), Peter Fox (NCAR)
Registration:  [registration form]
Abstract:  The developer workshop will focus on building custom modules for Hyrax and extending the server features by adding functions from other protocols (like SSL/TLS). The workshop will focus on how to build and customize the data service for data formats, protocols, authentication and security, and server-side processing, and how to build custom client applications with OPeNDAP data access. The developer is encouraged to attend the OPeNDAP system administrator"s workshop, and to discuss their development plans. Presented by U.S. based OPeNDAP.org developers.

For travel and accommodation information to the Bureau of Meteorology. [html]

For more information contact:
Tim Pugh
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre
GPO Box 1289
Melbourne, VIC 3001
Australia
Tel: +61-3-9669-4345
FAX: +61-3-9669-4660
Email: t.pugh@bom.gov.au

Last updated: 19 September 2007

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