The service shall use the network bindings of the SWIM TIYP. The interface shall use at least one of the following OGC standards:
- for services that exchange the meteorological information as resources:
- OGC API - Environmental Data Retrieval Standard;
- for services that exchange the meteorological information as features:
- OGC Web Feature Service 2.0 Interface Standard;
- OGC API - Features. Note: it is a best practice for new services that exchange meteorological information to implement the OGC API - Environmental Data Retrieval Standard. Existing services based on the OGC Web Feature Service 2.0 Interface Standard should indicate an end-of-life date.