A development framework for ocean environmental information service application

Ocean environmental information service applications are widely adopted to assist collection, storage and distribution of ocean environmental data. Unfortunately, a reference framework rarely rules the development of those systems, leading to poor software quality and bringing many troubles in the process of maintenance and integration. This paper presents a common development framework which supports ocean environment in-situ data and model outputs integration and appliance. The framework presented consists of flexible database architecture, scalable ocean data loader, data cooperation-service, reusable component factory, client-based system configuration and system management. Practical project is carried on to validate the framework and the result shows its availability.