Guidance on assigning a Centre Identifier for Global Services

Summary

  • All Global Services operators have a centre-id, following the naming convention, indicated in the Guide to the WMO Information System (WMO-No. 1060), Volume II.
    • As a convention, Global Broker centre-id will be tld-{centre-name}-global-broker
    • As a convention,Global Cache centre-id will be tld-{centre-name}-global-cache.
    • As a convention, GDC centre-id will be tld-{centre-name}-global-discovery-catalogue.
    • As a convention, Global Monitor centre-id will be tld-{centre-name}-global-monitor.
  • The index of top-level domains (TLDs) can be found here.
  • centre name: may contain dashes (but no other special characters).
  • Guidance on assigning a Centre Identifier for a WIS2 Node is also available. 
Global ServicesNaming conventionExample
Global Brokertld-{centre-name}-global-brokerfr-meteofrance-global-broker
br-inmet-global-broker
Global Cachetld-{centre-name}-global-cachede-dwd-global-cache
jp-jma-global-cache
data-metoffice-noaa-global-cache
Global Discovery Cataloguetld-{centre-name}-global-discovery-catalogueca-eccc-msc-global-discovery-catalogue
cn-cma-global-discovery-catalogue
Global Monitortld-{centre-name}-global-monitorma-marocmeteo-global-monitor
cn-cma-global-monitor

(Last update: 7 March 2025)