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Reference scenes

The systems an observatory is composed of.

Wireframe scenes of the systems to which the protocol applies, each with its parts named for what they do.

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Functions
12
State machines
11
Objects
21
Standards
48

The practice this part continues.

2000 Common standards, many builders
Since Argo started in 2000, its profiling floats have been built by companies and research institutions alike, all held to common standards set by an international steering team. Replaceable providers behind one shared contract is the arrangement the protocol makes normative. [1]

20 reference scenes.

Open a scene to turn it and read its parts.

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Telecom and private 5G tower

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Edge data centre module

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Ruggedised rack case

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Solar and storage microgrid

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Automatic weather station

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Weather and sensing radar

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Seismic vault station

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Geodetic GNSS monument

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Atmospheric lidar station

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Met-ocean buoy

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Profiling ocean float

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Earth-observation satellite

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LEO user terminal

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Satellite ground station

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25 m radio telescope

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Optical observatory dome

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Heritage instrument terrace

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Survey drone and dock

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Field-service vehicle

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Composed observatory site

References

Sources for the historical and standards statements on this page.

  1. Argo Program. “About Argo.” argo.ucsd.edu/about/
  2. Bradner, S. (1997). RFC 2119, “Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels.” IETF. www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119
  3. Leiba, B. (2017). RFC 8174, “Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words.” IETF. www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174

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The Observatory Protocol is an open specification stewarded by the Nexus Consortium. Any party may implement it, and every change is proposed and decided in public.

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Drawn to scale, down to the bolt.

Wireframe reference designs for the systems an observatory is built from, each with its parts named for what they do. Open them, turn them, read the parts.

Read it, test it, propose a change.

The Observatory Protocol is an open specification stewarded by the Nexus Consortium. Any party may implement it, and every change is proposed and decided in public.