OBIS: User interface concepts

Common user interfaces

OBIS allows to store, manage and visualize a number of different data types as described in OBIS: getting started, e.g. time series data and geodata. In general, the main user interfaces to all of these data show a similar behavior and offer the same functionality which will be outlined in the next sections.

Links between datasets

In many cases, a single OBIS dataset is a compound, consisting of more than one element. As an example, a time series dataset may consist of

• a metadata description of that dataset
• the real time series data
• links to a measurement station the time series data have been measured at

• 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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