Water Data Transfer Format (WDTF) is a data delivery standard implemented by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) that was jointly developed with the

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. The standard, released in 2009, specifies both the format of and the techniques used to deliver Australian water data measurements to the BoM.WDTF
Water Information: Regulations, Australian Bureau of Meteorology The ''Water Act 2007'' (Cth) requires some private organisations and government agencies in Australia that collect water data and to deliver it to the BoM according to the WDTF standard.The Water Act 2007 and Water Regulations 2008
information sheet, Bureau of Meteorology An external meteorological data source that delivers data in WDTF-compliant forms is the CSIRO Land & Water's Automatic Weatherstation Network.CSIRO Land & Water's Automatic Weatherstation Network
Data from this weather station network can be viewed in a web browser, downloaded at text values in CSV format, downloaded in a condensed XML format for machine-to-machine communications, or downloaded as WDTF-compliant data. The use of WDTF is an example of work in the field of

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