Components
The CUAHSI-HIS contains numerous individual components that provide different functionality within the system. This design accommodates a wide variety of needs in the community. Unless otherwise specified, the components described here have been developed by the CUAHSI-HIS team. Here are the components organized in a variety of ways:
By Function
- Data Discovery Tools — websites that allow users to search for data.
- Web Service Clients — applications that access data via web services.
- Web Services — utilities that deliver data, as XML, directly to an application or computer program.
- Data Repositories — databases that store data and/or meta data.
- Data Manager/Central Administrator Clients — applications that access/update data (require authentication).
- Registries — websites that allow data managers to register aspects of their data networks with the system.
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By Structure
- Web Service Clients
- Observation Data Model
- DASH
- Master Controlled Vocabulary
- HydroSeek/HydroTagger
- Network/WSDL Registry
- 3rd-Party Data Sources
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By Bundle
- Software Bundles — standard bundles of components that make for easier downloading..
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