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Ron, A key conclusion of GALEON Phase 1 is that GML is irrelevant and should be abandoned as soon as possible..... JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING!!! Seriously though -- and others should chime in with additions or modifications to the following comments which reflect my views on the three main areas where GALEON is now and will be (in Phase 2) involved with GML. The earliest development in this area and perhaps furthest along is the ncML-GML work being spearheaded at the University of Florence CNR/IMAA. It is based on the earlier development of the ncML (netCDF Markup Language). My personal way of characterizing ncML-GML is that it combines the disciplinary semantics (what do the numbers in the dataset represent?) of ncML with the spatio-temporal (the where and when of the numbers in the dataset) semantics in GML. A complementary approach being developed by the UK BADC/NERC group is the (Climate Science Modelling Language). Here again I'll offer my oversimplified characterization of the main difference between CSML and ncML-GML, namely, that the the disciplinary semantics and spatio-temporal semantics are more tightly coupled in CSML whereas they are loosely coupled in ncML-GML. The two initiatives above have been underway for some time now, but are not at a point where we could submit them as finished products of GALEON Phase 1. The development and coordination of the two efforts will be one of the most important facets of GALEON Phase 2. While it's a bit out of date, I put together a brief description of various means (both implicit and explicit) of representing netCDF semantics (including ncML-GML and CSML) along with a very simple set of examples at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/GALEON/NetCDFandStandards.htm for what it's worth. A third key area for GALEON related to GML is in the very initial stages. This involves determining the relationships (if any) among various types of GALEON netCDF datasets (especially the sort of 5D datasets output from numerical weather and climate forecast models), ncML-GML, CSML, and GMLJ2 (GML JPEG2000). We had a few preliminary discussions at the Bonn TC meeting on this GALEON/GMLJP2 topic and my opinion is that we learned enough to become convinced that the topic area needs much more study. Unfortunately I don't think all the knowledgable players will be at the Huntsville meetings, but we will target this as a goal for GALEON Phase 2. I hope others will correct anything I've misrepresented or add some of the important aspects I may have left out. -- Ben On 2/24/06, Ron Lake <rlake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is the current role of GML in GALEON? Cheers Ron
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