F. Toussaint (PIK, Potsdam), M. Lautenschlager (DKRZ, Hamburg), M. Reinke (AWI, Bremerhaven)

The CERA Database Structure

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Why Federated (Meta) Data ?

to match the requirements for geographically distributed data storage in different institutions
less expenses for tools, user interfaces, installation
problem: very inhomogenious data of different structures