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h1. OpenEarth 
This is the home page for the OpenEarth space at http://openearth.deltares.nl.

h3. OpenEarth wiki philosophy
This *wiki* is intended to be a low-level area to share documents, links and knowledge snippets related to management of Data, Models and Tools. For the more *sophisticated management* of Data, Models and Tools the OpenEarth [SubVersion repositories|http://subversion.tigris.org/] are used. The Data, Models and Tools and tools in these repositories will be shared via various levels of web services employing international standards like [netCDF|http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/], [CF parameter meta-data| http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/], [EPSG|http://www.epsg.org/] spatial meta-data [codes|http://www.epsg-registry.org/], [INSPIRE owner meta-data|http://www.inspire-geoportal.eu], [OPeNDAP|http://opendap.org/] (as running operationally for Rijkswaterstaat [MATROOS|http://matroos.deltares.nl/]) and [opengis|http://www.opengeospatial.org/] web map/feature/coverage servcies ([WMS|http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wms], [WCS|http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wcs], [WFS|http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/wfs]). The data collection procedure and the relation between those standards is explained in the figure below and in the [Micore|http://www.micore.eu] [Data Standards] document. 

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h3. How can I join?

* For this wiki you can post comments below,, or edit this wiki when you log in to this site. When you press 'edit' (upper right ) formatting help is available. 
* Raw data and tools are shared in a repository. You can view the content of the repositories with your browers after logging in or you can [access the repository with a SubVersion client|SubVersion], that provides write access as well. 
* Processed data are hosted on an [OPeNDAP|OPeNDAP] server.

h3. OpenEarth participants

The OpenEarth repositories are used, sponsored and maintained by:
* [MICORE|http://www.micore.eu/]
* [Building with Nature|http://www.ecoshape.nl/]
* [Deltares|http://www.deltares.nl]
* [TU Delft|http://www.tudelft.nl]: [Hydraulic engineering| http://www.hydraulicengineering.tudelft.nl] and [Environmental Fluid Mechanics| http://www.fluidmechanics.tudelft.nl].

Invitations to join have been sent to Van Oord, Alkyon, Moffat and Nichol and others.

h3. Initiatives similar to OpenEarth

* [Mathtools|http://www.mathtools.net/] Link Exchange for the Technical Computing Community (matlab, C, java, fortran etc.)
* [MATLAB | MATLAB]
* [OpenMI|http://www.openmi.org/]

h3. Open Source Software

OpenEarth is an Open Source Software initiative. We are not alone:

* [Open Source: Dutch Government Decides to Use Open Source Software|http://www.nu.nl/internet/1926399/rijksoverheid-gaat-werken-met-open-source-software.html]
* [Open Source: Dutch Cabinet Wants to Use Open Source Software|http://archief.nrc.nl/index.php/2007/Maart/22/Economie/17/Kabinet+wil+open+source+software]
* [Open Source: Vietnam Government Decides to Use Open Source Software|http://www.telegraaf.nl/digitaal/2955982/__Vietnam_gaat_voor_Open_Source__.html?cid=rss]
* [Open Source: German Foreign Office Decides to make its Software Open Source|http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/diplo/en/AAmt/Abteilungen/070914-IT-imAA,navCtx=57696.html]