6 Data and Data Models

Basic to the operation of OPeNDAP is the translation of data from one format to another. An OPeNDAP server must read data on some disk and translate it into an intermediate format for transmission to the client. It is to the question of these formats to which we shall turn first.

• 6.1 Data models
  • 6.1.1 Data Models and APIs
  • 6.1.2 Translating Data Models
• 6.2 Data Access Protocol
• 6.3 Data representation
  • 6.3.1 Base Types
  • 6.3.2 Constructor Types
  • 6.3.3 Operators
  • 6.3.4 External Data Representation
• 6.4 Ancillary data
  • 6.4.1 Dataset Descriptor Structure
  • 6.4.2 Dataset Attribute Structure