Welcome
AWDIP Web-based Client Prototype
What is AWDIP?
The Australian Water Data Infrastructure Project (AWDIP) is a water information
delivery framework that facilitates Australia-wide assessment of water resources.
The AWDIP framework provides an access point to a distributed network of State and
Territory agency hydrological databases. This approach maintains the data managers
as the point of truth and avoids propogating multiple instances of the same data
which then need to be maintained in synchronisation. Data users can simultaneously
access water data from many databases without having to know about the database
they are connecting to or how to connect to it.
The AWDIP aims to:
- provide a single, national access point for water data;
- reduce confusion about water data and lessen the chance for misinterpretation; and,
- make the release of data more efficient and simple based on an agreed national standard.
Key features of the AWDIP are:
- responsibilities for managing data and controlling access to it remain with
the data custodian agency;
- a strong collaborative approach between the agencies involved; and
- support for open standards permits clear communication between the components
of the infrastructure.
The AWDIP uses a new technology for transfering data across the internet called
a Web Feature Service (WFS). A Web Feature Service is a platform independent mode
of accessing and displaying information over the internet. The AWDIP WFS allows
data users to obtain their data through a web-based client (such as this web-site)
using any web browser.
The AWDIP was established under the national component of the National Heritage
Trust. To date the following work has been completed:
- implementation of a reference database implementation to host surface water, ground
water and water quality data from around Australia;
- establishment of an AWDIP Web Feature Service (WFS); and,.
- creation of a prototype web-based client to access water data throught the WFS.
Further Information
For further information on the AWDIP, please visit the
Bureau of Rural Sciences, or contact Karina Budd on (02) 6272 5795.