Database

MyNODC was developed to promote oceanographic data sharing and availability. Data sharing implementation in this context not only defined by the utilization of standard, geonames and others on the collected and managed data, but the data format also plays an important role in enabling wide coverage of data sharing. Parallel to the aims of promoting data sharing and enhance the data usability,oceanographic data from the infrastructure will be available in three most popular forms of data storage.

They will be available in Geospatial Database, XML and Relational DBMS. All three data storage was chosen based on the features such as proprietary, usability, interoperability, openness, and ability to serve variety of user. Besides providing various types of data structure and storage, MyNODC Data Infrastructure can also be accessed using multiple spatial supported platforms such as ArcGIS Server and Mapguide. Each platform featuring advantages in several parts compare to each other which user can suit their requirement to.