Additionally, the development will be undertaken in as extensible a manner as possible to allow the package to be used for non-Earth science data. Any earth scientists interested in cheaply and cleanly providing data to small communities These tools can be made applicable to other disciplines by altering the metadata content. Each of its software components is independent from other components. The HDF-EOS specification is based on these standards and will be supported by this server. The components of this architecture are in various states of completion.
Some components already exist for certain platforms and are ready to use.
Some require alterations to use within the architecture. And others still need to be developed. The following sections describe each component, its status, and the developer responsible for it. An overall schedule is provided in the final section. The development will be carried out in two phases.