DAP2: Data Service
From OPeNDAP Documentation
Overview
The DAP2 data service provides DAP2 access to the data resource.
Request
The DAP2 Data Service is invoked by appending the suffix .dods
to the file part of the dataset's referent (aka base) URL and then dereferencing the new URL. The DAP2 Data service accepts a query string (constraint expression).
Response
The DAP2 Data response self describing data document that contains a DAP2 DDS followed by the XDR encoded binary object whose structure is described by the DDS.