The EMODnet Portal: How Federated Webservices led to a Centralisation Success Story and how this Approach could be a Template for a Flourishing Global Marine Data Sharing Network.

Conor Delaney, European Marine Observation and Data Network, Oostende, Belgium and Joana Beja, Flanders Marine Institute, Tim Collart, EMODnet Secretariat, Frederic Leclercq, Flanders Marine Institute, Bart Vanhoorne, Flanders Marine Institute,