#99: Taxon Names and Identifiers
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Reporter: lowry | Owner: cf-conventions@…
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: high | Milestone:
Component: cf-conventions | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by jonathan):
Dear Martin
You're right, a coordinate variable of one data variable could be a data
variable in its own right. However the CF convention is centred on the
idea of "data variable", and as far as Roy's data variable is concerned
the variables named by its `coordinates` attribute are coordinate
variables. Software based on the CF convention would not expect them to
have a `coordinates` attribute of their own, so it would not follow it to
find more coordinate variables. A `coordinates` attribute of a coordinate
variable has no defined meaning in CF - it's not illegal, but not part of
the CF convention.
Another point is that in my mind `taxon_identifier` and `taxon_name` are
of equivalent status, so it seems to me they should be linked to the data
variable in the same way.
Best wishes
Jonathan
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