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To achieve this international standards are embraced like:
- netCDFNetCDF
- CF parameter meta-data
- EPSG
- Spatial meta-data codes
- INSPIRE owner meta-data
- OPeNDAP (as running operationally for Rijkswaterstaat MATROOS), and
- opengis
- web map services (WMS,
- web coverage services WCS, and
- web feature services WFS).
The data collection procedure and the relation between those standards is explained in the figure below and in the Micore Data Standards document.