Download - IODE Ocean Data Portal project

1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the document
The IODE Ocean Data Portal (ODP) delivers a standards-based infrastructure for integration of
marine data and services submitted by the NODCs, data centers (institutions) of IOC and other
programmes (ODP participants), as well as for data discovery, evaluation (through visualization and
metadata review) and access to them. The ODP participants provide the operations of the global,
regional/specialized, technical and national nodes.
The ODP v2 toolkit is available to set up the ODP node by participants based upon the
designated participant role and functionality required. The Data Provider is a component of the toolkit
for submission of the data and services (resources) to the ODP distributed marine data system (DMDS)
and their management. The Data Provider is used by the ODP nodes of all categories. The ODP
participant can use the Data Provider, installed at its own server or available at another ODP node.
The purpose of the document is to describe the process of using the Data Provider for
registration and maintenance of the ODP DMDS resources.
The document is intended for the staff of the IODE National Oceanographic Data Centres
(NODCs) and other institutions responsible for maintaining an ODP node and providing data and services
to the ODP (hereinafter referred to as “Centre”).
The document is developed by the Partnership Centre for the IODE ODP (National
Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC), Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information – World
Data Centre (RIHMI-WDC), Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
(Roshydromet), Russian Federation.
1.2 Overview of the document
The document includes the following sections:
Section 1 - Introduction
Section 2 – Conditions of application – The purpose and components of the Data Provider are
considered as well as requirements mandatory for the Data Provider operation.
Section 3 – User interface – The main page of the Data Provider user interface is described and
information on its main sections is given.
Section 4 - Description of a new resource – The rules and procedures of describing new ODP
resource developed by Centre on the basis of its local data and with the aid of the Data Provider Webforms.
3