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#79: Handling and formatting of vector quantities in CF -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: lavergne | Owner: [email protected] Type: enhancement | Status: reopened Priority: medium | Milestone: Component: cf-conventions | Version: Resolution: | Keywords: vector -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Comment (by pbentley): Hi Mark, I wonder, perhaps, if 'umbrella name/variable' is not really the right terminology here. Taken in isolation, the attribute `umbrella_name` suggests that its value is providing the name of an umbrella! Which clearly is not the intention ;-) I suspect that what you were wanting here is `umbrella_variable_name` or `umbrella_quantity_name`? Personally, however, I'd prefer that the term 'umbrella' was dropped. Within the geoinformatics realm I think there are more commonly used terms which more accurately define the role being played by 'umbrella variable'. For example: parent, container, composite or aggregate (no doubt there are others). A careful (re)analysis of the role/purpose of the proposed new construct is likely, I think, to lead to the selection of a more precise and meaningful term. Alternatively, rather than targeting a (hazily-defined?) generic use-case, one could target the specific use-case suggested by the title of this ticket (i.e. vector quantities). Thus, one might have, say, `vector_quantity_name` in place of `umbrella_name`. (In which case it might also be useful to debate whether or not there is value in identifying a new CF `featureType` of `vector` to reinforce the intent.) Regards, Phil -- Ticket URL: <https://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/ticket/79#comment:56> 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.
