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#95: Development of CF 1.5 Data Model -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: markh | Owner: [email protected] Type: task | Status: new Priority: medium | Milestone: Component: cf-conventions | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Comment (by markh): Replying to [comment:21 mgschultz]: > actually I was trying to argue against the use of "cell". A dictionary definition gives you: > 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. > 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. > > Thus, a "cell" would refer only to a bounded entity and disregard the case where you only care about the location itself. Using Heisenberg's principle ;-) one could rather argue that "location" is a term that is imprecise enough to allow for both interpretations. On the other hand, I like the clarification you provide in "the bounds are optional, but sometimes the bounds are the important information and the gridpoints are notional (for extensive quantities)." - If we can insert this bit into the definition, the meaning should become pretty clear. I am not sure about this, I find the term 'cell' useful to describe the region, in my domain's phase space, which may be extensive, or infinitessimally small, but always has one and only one data value. A cell may be defined as 'a small part of something' or ' the smallest basic unit of a plant or animal' both of which capture pretty well the nature of 1 element of my Field to me. -- Ticket URL: <https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/95#comment:23> CF Metadata <http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/> CF Metadata This message came from the CF Trac system. To unsubscribe, without unsubscribing to the regular cf-metadata list, send a message to "[email protected]" with "unsubscribe cf-metadata" in the body of your message.
