Does anyone know how many names are being carried along as aliases? Is
there a straightforward way to get a list of these terms?
I agree that we should make it clear that aliases are deprecated; this
should
be done in the docs, but also in the standard name table/search, which we
use for selecting names when we're adding new variables for oceansites.
Thanks - Nan
On 3/19/14 6:26 AM, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
Dear Ethan
I believe this is correct:
"The use of an alias for the standard_name attribute when
writing new data is not recommended."
Perhaps some discussion of standard name aliases should be added to
Section 3.3 "Standard Name"?
I agree it should make that point in the conventions document. That could be
done with a defect ticket, if someone would like to draft it.
Cheers
Jonathan
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