GUIDE TO THE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM (WIS)

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose of this Guide
1.2 Benefits of WIS

2 ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1 Organization of WIS
2.2 Compliance with Required WIS Functions
2.3 Interaction among WIS Centres
2.4 Implementation of WIS
2.5 Discovery, Access and Retrieval Function
2.6 Robustness and Reliability of Components
2.7 Collection and Dissemination Services

3 DESIGNATION PROCEDURES FOR WIS CENTRES
3.1 General
3.2 Procedure for a Global Information System Centre (GISC)
3.3 Procedure for a Data Collection or Production Centre (DCPC)
3.4 Procedure for a National Centre (NC)

4 FUNCTIONS OF WIS
4.1 Roles in and Review of WIS Functions
4.2 List of WIS Functions
4.3 Functional Architecture of WIS
4.4 Data Flow among WIS Functions
4.5 Functional Requirements of a GISC
4.6 Functional Requirements of a DCPC
4.7 Functional Requirements of an NC

5 WIS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
5.1 General
5.2 WIS-TechSpec-1: Uploading of Metadata for Data and Products
5.3 WIS-TechSpec-2: Uploading of Data and Products
5.4 WIS-TechSpec-3: Centralization of Globally Distributed Data
5.5 WIS-TechSpec-4: Maintenance of User Identification and Role Information
5.6 WIS-TechSpec-5: Consolidated View of Distributed Identification and Role Information
5.7 WIS-TechSpec-6: Authentication of a User
5.8 WIS-TechSpec-7: Authorization of a User Role
5.9 WIS-TechSpec-8: DAR Catalogue Search and Retrieval
5.10 WIS-TechSpec-9: Consolidated View of Distributed DAR Metadata Catalogues
5.11 WIS-TechSpec-10: Downloading Files via Dedicated Networks
5.12 WIS-TechSpec-11: Downloading Files via Non-dedicated Networks
5.13 WIS-TechSpec-12: Downloading Files via Other Methods
5.14 WIS-TechSpec-13: Maintenance of Dissemination Metadata
5.15 WIS-TechSpec-14: Consolidated View of Distributed Dissemination Metadata Catalogues
5.16 WIS-TechSpec-15: Reporting of Quality of Service

6 METADATA GUIDANCE

APPENDIX A – LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
APPENDIX B – SELECTED WMO MANUALS AND GUIDES RELEVANT TO WIS
APPENDIX C – APPROVED WIS CENTRES