Hello all, While searching for defining characteristics of a _coordinate variable_ versus a _geospatial variable_, I found this issue. I marked it as a defect. My search also brought me to related issue #174, which seems to not have been resolved yet.
# Hyperlink to the NetCDF Users Guide (NUG) Definition of _coordinate variable_ is broken # Technical Proposal Summary The aforementioned broken link, http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_data_set_components.html#coordinate_variables should be replaced with the working link https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/documentation/NUG/_best_practices.html#bp_Conventions # Benefits Removal of broken link # Status Quo The current stable CF Document, version 1.8, [section 1.2](http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.8/cf-conventions.html#terminology) defines a _coordinate variable_ and provides a hyperlink to the NetCDF Users Guide (NUG) definition of a _coordinate variable_ in the following block: > __coordinate variable__ > We use this term precisely as it is defined in the [NUG section on coordinate > variables](http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/netcdf_data_set_components.html#coordinate_variables). > It is a one-dimensional variable with the same name as its dimension [e.g., > time(time) ], and it is defined as a numeric data type with values that are > ordered monotonically. Missing values are not allowed in coordinate variables. Said link is broken and returns a 404 error. # Detailed Proposal Replace broken link with working link as detailed above. -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/283 This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from cf-metad...@cgd.ucar.edu, although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to cf-metadata-unsubscribe-requ...@listserv.llnl.gov.
