Glossary
Term |
Description |
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O&M |
Observations and Measurements, an international standard (ISO 19156) providing a conceptual model for observations and measurements |
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OAIC |
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner |
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OASIS |
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (international information standards body) |
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OBIS |
Ocean Biographic Information System |
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observation offering |
a set of environmental observations available for data access through a service, sharing a common set of observing procedures, observed environmental parameters, and observed features |
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observing method |
the mechanism used to perform an environmental observation; usually an observing protocol, instrument type, or analytical procedure |
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observing protocol |
a standardised observing procedure, usually involving a human observer and one or more observing instruments |
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OGC |
See Open Geospatial Consortium |
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OLA |
Operating Level Agreement |
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Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) |
an international industry consortium of 471 companies, government agencies and universities participating in a consensus process to develop publicly available interface standards |
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Open Government Partnership |
an international platform for domestic reformers committed to making their governments moreÊopen, accountable, and responsive to citizens. |
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OPenDAP |
Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol is a data transport architecture and protocol widely used by earth scientists. OPeNDAP includes standards for encapsulating structured data, annotating the data with attributes and adding semantics that describe the data |
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OpenLayers |
a software framework for displaying interactive maps within a web application |
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operation |
a discrete function that may be performed by a service through an interface, usually with some flexibility based on user-supplied parameters |
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OSP |
Office of Spatial Policy, Department of Communications |