Recommendations

The Data Environment has many components that need to function cohesively in order to enable scientific discovery. The IHDEA recommends these components:

Data Formats

  • FITS
  • CDF
  • NetCDF
  • ASCII Text

Metadata

  • SPASE
  • ISTP Metadata Guidelines
  • DOI

API

  • HAPI
  • DAS2
  • SPASE Registry
  • TAP
  • EPN-TAP

Tools

  • SPEDAS
  • Autoplot
  • Python
  • Helioviewer