OpenGeospatial? Consortium(OGC) open standard descriptions and tools
The use and community adoption of the open standards based OGC specification and web service protocols is critical in leveraging our products to the national and international level.
OGC 101 http://twiki.sura.org/bin/view/Main/OGC101
OGC Publisher - created by DM Solutions
The OGC Publisher utility is an easy to install, easy to use tool that simplifies the process of publishing oceanographic data to key OGC standards. http://twiki.sura.org/bin/view/Main/OGCPublisherTool
OGC Sensor Web (SensorML?, Observations&Measurements, Sensor Collection Service) http://twiki.sura.org/bin/view/Main/SensorWeb
Diagram of OGC services
http://nautilus.baruch.sc.edu/twiki_dmcc/bin/view/Main/OGCInfo