OPeNDAP
OPeNDAP: Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol
-- a framework that simplifies all aspects of scientific data networking.
-- provides software which makes local data accessible to remote locations regardless of local storage format.
-- provides tools for transforming existing applications into OPeNDAP clients (i.e., enabling them to remotely access OPeNDAP served data).
-- software is freely available.