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MANUAL ON THE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM (WIS)

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Manual on the WMO Information System WMO-No. 1060

release version 2012

CONTENTS Page

INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………….. vii

PART I. ORGANIZATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES. I-1

1.1 Organization of the WMO Information System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.2 Compliance with required WMO Information System functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.3 Interaction among WMO Information System Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.4 Implementation of the WMO Information System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.5 Discovery, Access and Retrieval function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.6 Robustness and reliability of components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1
1.7 Collection and dissemination services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-2

PART II. DESIGNATION PROCEDURES FOR WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRES. II-1

2.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2 Procedure for designating a Global Information System Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2.2 Statement of WMO Information System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2.3 Service offer by a Member for a potential Global Information System Centre. . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2.4 Demonstration of Global Information System Centre capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1
2.2.5 Designated Global Information System Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3 Procedure for designating a Data Collection or Production Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3.1 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3.2 Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3.3 Service offer by a potential Data Collection or Production Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3.4 Demonstration of Data Collection or Production Centre capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.3.5 Designated Data Collection of Production Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.4 Procedure for Designating a National Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.4.1 Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.4.2 Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-2
2.4.3 Designated National Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-3

PART III. FUNCTIONS OF THE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM. III-1

3.1 Roles in and review of WMO Information System functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.2 List of WMO Information System functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.3 Functional architecture of the WMO Information System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.4 Data flow among WMO Information System functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.5 Functional requirements of a Global Information System Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.5.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.5.2 Receive Information from the Global Information System Centre area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.5.3 Exchange information with other Global Information Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-1
3.5.4 Disseminate information to the Global Information Centre area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.5 Maintain a 24-hour cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.6 Discovery, Access and Retrieval. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.7 Data network connectivity of a Global Information System Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.8 Coordinate telecommunications in a Global Information System Centre area. . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.9 Recovery arrangements of a Global Information System Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.5.10 Performance monitoring of a Global Information System Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-2
3.6 Functional requirements of a Data Collection or Production Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.2 Collect information from a data Collection or Production Centre area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.3 Collect programme-related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.4 Production support of programme-related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.5 Provide information intended for global exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.6 Disseminate information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-3
3.6.7 Provide access to information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.6.8 Describe information with metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.6.9 Recovery arrangements of a Data Collection or Production Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.6.10 Performance monitoring of a Data Collection or Production Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7 Functional requirements of a National Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7.1 Provide data, products and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7.2 Collect programme-related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7.3 Production support of programme-related information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7.4 Describe information with metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4
3.7.5 Performance monitoring of a National Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III-4

PART IV. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM. IV-1

4.1 General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-1
4.2 WIS-TechSpec-1: Uploading of metadata for data and products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-1
4.3 WIS-TechSpec-2: Uploading of data and products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-2
4.4 WIS-TechSpec-3: Centralization of globally distributed data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-2
4.5 WIS-TechSpec-4: Maintenance of user identification and role information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-2
4.6 WIS-TechSpec-5: Consolidated view of distributed identification and role information. . . . . . IV-2
4.7 WIS-TechSpec-6: Authentication of a user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-2
4.8 WIS-TechSpec-7: Authorization of a user role. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-3
4.9 WIS-TechSpec-8: Discovery, Access and Retrieval catalogue search and retrieval . . . . . . . . . . . IV-3
4.10 WIS-TechSpec-9: Consolidated view of distributed Discovery, Access and Retrieval
metadata catalogues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-3
4.11 WIS-TechSpec-10: Downloading files via dedicated networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-3
4.12 WIS-TechSpec-11: Downloading files via non-dedicated networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-3
4.13 WIS-TechSpec-12: Downloading files via other methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-4
4.14 WIS-TechSpec-13: Maintenance of dissemination metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-4
4.15 WIS-TechSpec-14: Consolidated view of distributed on dissemination metadata catalogues. . . IV-4
4.16 WIS-TechSpec-15: Reporting of quality of service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV-4

APPENDIX A. SELECTED WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS

RELEVANT TO THE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App. A-1

APPENDIX B. APPROVED WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM CENTRES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App. B-1

B.1 Global Information System Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App. B-1
B.2 Data Collection or Production Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App. B-2
B.3 National Centres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . App. B-6

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose of this Manual

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 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF WIS

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

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