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Combining the Arc Marine Framework with Geographic Metadata to Support Ocean Acoustic Modeling
Author(s) -
Isenor Anthony W.,
Spears Tobias W.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transactions in gis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9671
pISSN - 1361-1682
DOI - 10.1111/tgis.12029
Subject(s) - metadata , computer science , geospatial analysis , data model (gis) , database , standardization , construct (python library) , geospatial metadata , software , data element , world wide web , geography , remote sensing , meta data services , artificial intelligence , programming language , operating system
Abstract A data model for use in a rapid environmental assessment system is constructed. The data model is used in an information layer that supports acoustic assessments of the ocean environment. Such an assessment requires use of both historic and real‐time oceanographic data. The foundation of the data model is Arc Marine, a framework specification for geospatial oceanographic databases that provides structures for containing the basic data types used in oceanographic research. Arc Marine also allows design extensions to account for application specific data structures as demonstrated through incorporation of aspects of the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) 19115 Geographic Information–Metadata standard. The ISO 19115 standard provides structures for recording the historic processing of the data sets. The data model is used to construct a database in the open source database management system ( DBMS ) PostgreSQL . The resulting system also incorporates the concept of user exits, the seamless extension of the DBMS through inclusion of application‐specific software.