This guide is for people who wish to use FreeForm ND to serve scientific datasets using the OPeNDAP software. Scientists who wish to share their data with colleagues may also find this a useful system, since it is a relatively simple matter to set up a server that can allow remote access to your data.
This documentation assumes that the readers are familiar with computers and the internet, but are not necessarily programmers. More than a passing familiarity with different data file formats will be useful, as will an understanding of elementary internet concepts, such as URLs and http.
This manual also assumes some familiarity with the OPeNDAP software. If you are starting from scratch, knowing nothing at all about OPeNDAP, we strongly encourage you to browse the The OPeNDAP User Guide before reading too far here.