1. The ECOST Web-based platform for data providers and for data users

2. Plan The platform’s objectives The platform actors Technical architecture Platform’s API Data structure Used tools Demo

3. The platform’s objectives To build an information and linking platform on which the ECOST model development will rely. To define semantic contents, spatial grid and time rate of the information exchanges. To gather the needed data sets, which would be mainly of statistical nature. To make these information/data available for ECOST model, for scientific community and for public on a long term time.

4. The platform’s actors and the information flows 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 4

5. Technical architecture

6. API of the Platform API is based on Web services. Three main services: –DataProviderWebservice –DataUserWebservice –DataManagementWebservice

7. API of the platform Constraints: –Modeller needs of information have to be specified. –Therefore, data requirements to data providers can be specified.

8. Data structure

9. Statistic table meta information is stored as xml. Example :

10. Data structure Statistic table data is stored as xml. Example : ……

11. Used tools Application server :.NET environment Database server : SQL Server 2005 SOA implementation: XML Web services Interfaces : ASP.NET

12. Demo