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| <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> |
| <pkgmetadata> |
| <maintainer type="project"> |
| <email>sci-geosciences@gentoo.org</email> |
| <name>Gentoo Geosciences Project</name> |
| </maintainer> |
| <longdescription> |
| libdap is a C++ implementation of OPeNDAP which allows access to |
| data over the internet, from programs that weren't originally |
| designed for that purpose, as well as some that were. While OPeNDAP |
| is the original developer of the Data Access Protocol (DAP) which |
| it's software uses, many other groups have adopted DAP and provide |
| compatible clients, servers and software development kits. DAP is a |
| NASA community standard: http://www.esdswg.org/spg/rfc/ese-rfc-004 |
| </longdescription> |
| </pkgmetadata> |
