OBIS: User interface concepts

Generic concepts and user interfaces

OBIS allows to store, manage and visualize a number of different data types, e.g. time series data and geodata. In many cases, a single dataset conists of more than one element. As an example, a geodata dataset may consist of

• a metadata description of that dataset
• one or more documents containing the real data or preview images of them
• a map layer to be used to display interactive maps in through the OBIS mapserver

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