Abstract:

The Antarctic Data Directory System (ADDS) is the basis of exchanging and sharing international Antarctic data, which is chosen as the top priority in international Antarctic sphere, and being researched jointly by many countries. After analyzing the current international and domestic situation, this paper raises some ideas and proposals for the development of ADDS. On the basis of analyzing the overall structure and the development principles of ADDS, several ideas for Antarctic Directory Interchange Format(ADIF) are discussed, to make information about Antarctic scientific data readily available. After practicing and studying for a period of time, the ways how the toolkit are improved are put forward. some practical opinions on the classification of Antarctic data directory entries are discussed. Some problems in the course of ADDS development and their solutions are considered.