A Acronyms

These acronyms are used frequently in this manual.

DAS

Data Attribute Structure A description of the "metadata" attributes for an OPeNDAP dataset. See DODS.

DDS

Data Descriptor Structure A description of the data types and sizes of data in an OPeNDAP dataset. See DODS.

DODS

Distributed Oceanographic Data System The ancestor to OPeNDAP. See unidata.ucar.edu/packages/dods for information.

DTD

Document Type Definition This is the set of definitions that make up an XML specification.

OPeNDAP

Open Source Project for Network Data Access Protocol A network protocol for transmitting data across the internet. Though appropriate for many kinds of data, the system was designed with scientific data in mind. See www.nvods.org for information about the group that has developed OPeNDAP and unidata.ucar.edu/packages/dods for information about OPeNDAP's progenitor, DODS.

THREDDS

Thematic Realtime Environmental Data Distributed Services A project of Unidata to create ways to establish useful collections of earth science data. See unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS for more information.