CUC 2005 F1 Damir Ivanković, Vlado Dadić - MEDAS system for Internet presentation, management and va
MEDAS database with web interface based on ORACLE 9i RDBMS and Application server
represents the useful tool for Internet presentation and management of CSR (Cruise Summary
Report) metadata and oceanographic data management and validation. It consists of
information on measurement data, area of measurements, the people responsible for the
research and institutions. The database also has system for access control – unauthorized and
authorized part with logging of authorized access. Database includes data relating to various
oceanographic parameters: meteorological, physical and chemical as well as biological types
of data. Two kinds of applications are used to manage the data: the first is developed as
PL/SQL procedures with JavaScript (Oracle application server) and is used for alphanumeric
information; the second is developed as Java applet and is used to visualize the area of
measurements and for visualization and validation of data.