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>From: Robert Leche <address@hidden> >Organization: LSU/SRCC >Keywords: 200511181500.jAIF0b7s013521 IDD ACARS GEM FNMOC NLDN WSI Hi Bob, re: suggested allow line for .edu sites >Tom, the feed types in question are not an issue, Not an issue at present since you are not receiving them... yet. >but having controls in >place to regulate restricted data are a good idea, JUST IN CASE. The >controls you suggested will be added. Very good, thanks. >Question..... >Are any of these restricted data currently feeding from the NOAA port? No. The feeds I mentioned -- NLDN, WSI, GEM, NOGAPS, PCWS -- are not available in NOAAPORT. >Will there ever come a time when restricted data feed from the NOAAport? There is restricted data in the NOAAPORT feed right now: - lightning data, but it is encrypted - data that falls in WMO Resolution 40 restrictions. Those data are not allowed to be reintroduced into the country of origin unless they are for educational and research use. Unidata participants being virtually entirely universities need not worry about ingesting these data no matter where they are. Redistributing them in forms that allow for reintroduction into the country of origin (for instance by posting the raw data on a website that has no acces restrictions) _is_ prohibited. For more information on WMO Resolution 40 restrictions, please review the data usage guidelines page and links off of the Unidata website: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/data_usage.html#data By the way, and before you ask, the Unidata Program Center does not maintain a list of products that are restricted for reimportation into countries of origin. We cannot maintain such a list as it is always changing. Cheers, Tom -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.