DAP 2 Review Questions

NASA's Earth Science Data Systems Standards Process Group (SPG) is considering the Data Access Protocol, Version 2, (DAP2) for adoption as a community standard. You are invited to review the DAP2 Request For Comment (RFC) (see review questions below).

Please send comments before November 12, 2004 to ese-rfc-004@spg.gsfc.nasa.gov

1. Your Background Describe in a sentence or two your overall implementation experience related to the proposed specification. (e.g., server design; database management; systems architecture; data translation; scientific analysis; science users, etc.)
2. Complete Does the specification provide all the detail you need to implement it in software? (e.g., to write a client, a server, or a format or protocol translator) If not, describe what is missing in the specification.
3. Accurate Do any parts of the specification contain inaccuracies, or internal inconsistencies? If so, please provide details.
4. Clear Is any part of the specification ambiguous, or poorly explained? If so, please provide details.
5. Balanced Does the standard describe the right set of concepts, behavior, data types, and data operations for its intended users? An overly broad set (requiring excessive complexity)? A narrowly simplistic set?
6. Useful How well does this specification meet your information sharing needs? (e.g., Does it work well with the data types and data manipulations in your application? Does it improve on alternative methods, such as file exchange or proprietary software?)
7. Implementable What implementation challenges does the proposed standard present? (e.g., Does it require advanced processing power, large amounts of memory, complex configuration, etc.? Does it scale to a production environment?)

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