Dear Uwe: You can look here: http://marinemetadata.org/orrcf for information about using our representation of the CF Standard Names and example related queries.
Carlos On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Lowry, Roy K. <r...@bodc.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear Uwe, > > It exists. A copy of the Standard Names is served through the NERC > Vocabulary Server (http://www.bodc.ac.uk/products/web_services/vocab/). > The references to the Standard Names list are: > > Live terms: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/P071/current/ > Deprecated terms: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/P072/current/ > > These list addresses may be incorporated into either the SOAP or HTTP-POX > APIs described in the URL reference above. > > Individual Standard Names are addressed through BODC-assigned opaque > identifiers such as: > > http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P072/17/CFSN0012 > > The associated canonical units will be found in references containing > 'P061' in the mappings section of the payload XML document, such as > <skos:minorMatch rdf:resource=" > http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P061/37/KMP2" />. > > The Standard Name list is also maintained in the MMI Ontology Registry and > Repository which again provides programmatic access through an API. I'll > leave it to the MMI folks to provide you with pointers to the detail. > > Cheers, Roy. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu [mailto: > cf-metadata-boun...@cgd.ucar.edu] On Behalf Of Uwe Rosebrock > Sent: 26 May 2011 00:41 > To: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > Subject: [CF-metadata] WS querying cf meta data catalog > > Hi all, > > is there or is there a plan to establish a web service to query the > standard_name list and units programatically (without human interaction)? > would such a service be useful as vocabulary by anybody? > > Cheers > Uwe > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > > -- > This message (and any attachments) is for the recipient only. NERC > is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the contents > of this email and any reply you make may be disclosed by NERC unless > it is exempt from release under the Act. Any material supplied to > NERC may be stored in an electronic records management system. > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata > -- Carlos A. Rueda, PhD MMI Technical Lead - marinemetadata.org caru...@mbari.org - 831-775-1929 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - mbari.org
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