WHAT DODS IS NOT?

• DODS is not an analysis package.
  • DODS is the infrastructure that enables the user to interface his or her analysis package to data resources on the network.

• DODS is not a data location service.
  • But a data location service may use DODS to access a list of data sets or to deliver a list of data sets to a user.

• DODS is not a web browser.
  • Although DODS may be used by web browsers to access data.

• DODS does not make value judgements with regard to data in the system; data quality is the responsibility of the provider AND of the user.
  • But it is very easy to provide a listing of "acceptable" DODS data sets, or DODS data sets related to a project.