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	If you would like to provide more information about a dataset than is		If you would like to provide more information about a dataset than is
	contained in the DAS and DDS, simply create an HTML document (without		contained in the DAS and DDS, simply create an HTML document (without
	the <font color='green'><html></font> and <font color='green'><body></font> tags, which are supplied by the <font color='green'>info</font> service), and store it in the same directory as the dataset, with a name corresponding to the dataset filename. For		the <font color='green'>html</font> and <font color='green'>body</font> tags, which are supplied by the <font color='green'>info</font> service), and store it in the same directory as the dataset, with a name corresponding to the dataset filename. For
	example, the datasets <font color='green'>fnoc1.nc</font>, <font color='green'>fnoc2.nc</font>, and <font color='green'>fnoc3.nc</font> might be documented with a file called <font color='green'>fnoc.html</font>.		example, the datasets <font color='green'>fnoc1.nc</font>, <font color='green'>fnoc2.nc</font>, and <font color='green'>fnoc3.nc</font> might be documented with a file called <font color='green'>fnoc.html</font>.

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	and more detail about the dataset.		and more detail about the dataset.

			If you would like to provide more information about a dataset than is
			contained in the DAS and DDS, simply create an HTML document (without
			the <font color='green'><html></font> and <font color='green'><body></font> tags, which are supplied by the <font color='green'>info</font> service), and store it in the same directory as the dataset, with a name corresponding to the dataset filename. For
			example, the datasets <font color='green'>fnoc1.nc</font>, <font color='green'>fnoc2.nc</font>, and <font color='green'>fnoc3.nc</font> might be documented with a file called <font color='green'>fnoc.html</font>.

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	invokes the <font color='green'>usage</font> program), it		invokes the <font color='green'>usage</font> program), it
	returns to the client an HTML document created from the DAS and DDS of		returns to the client an HTML document created from the DAS and DDS of
	the referenced data. It may also return information about the server,		the referenced data. It may also return information about the server,
	and more detail about the dataset.		and more detail about the dataset.

	~~If you would like to provide more information about a dataset than is~~
	~~contained in the DAS and DDS, simply create an HTML document (without~~
	~~the <font color='green'><html></font> and <font color='green'><body></font> tags, which are supplied by the~~
	~~<font color='green'>info</font> service), and store it in the same directory as the~~
	~~dataset, with a name corresponding to the dataset filename.~~ ~~For~~
	~~example, the datasets <font color='green'>fnoc1.nc</font>, <font color='green'>fnoc2.nc</font>, and~~
	~~<font color='green'>fnoc3.nc</font> might be documented with a file called <font color='green'>fnoc.html</font>.~~

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New page: ===Documenting Your Data=== OPeNDAP contains provisions for supplying documentation to users about a server, and also about the data that server provides. When a server receives an infor...

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===Documenting Your Data===

OPeNDAP contains provisions for supplying documentation to users about a
server, and also about the data that server provides. When a server
receives an information request (through the info service that
invokes the usage program), it
returns to the client an HTML document created from the DAS and DDS of
the referenced data. It may also return information about the server,
and more detail about the dataset.

If you would like to provide more information about a dataset than is
contained in the DAS and DDS, simply create an HTML document (without
the <html> and <body> tags, which are supplied by the
info service), and store it in the same directory as the
dataset, with a name corresponding to the dataset filename. For
example, the datasets fnoc1.nc, fnoc2.nc, and
fnoc3.nc might be documented with a file called fnoc.html.

You may prefer to override this method of creating documentation and
simply provide a single, complete HTML document that contains general
information for the server or for a group of datasets. For example,
to force the info server to return a particular HTML document for all
its datasets, you would create a complete HTML document and give it
the name dataset .ovr, where dataset is the dataset
name.

More information about providing user information, including sample
HTML files, and a complete description of the search procedure for
finding the dataset documentation, is to be found in [http://www.opendap.org/support/docs.html/api/pguide-html/<cite>The OPeNDAP Programmer's Guide</cite>].