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#79: Handling and formatting of vector quantities in CF
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  Reporter:  lavergne        |       Owner:  [email protected]
      Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  reopened                     
  Priority:  medium          |   Milestone:                               
 Component:  cf-conventions  |     Version:                               
Resolution:                  |    Keywords:  vector                       
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Comment (by markh):

 Replying to [comment:64 lavergne]:


 > I do not really see where (or how) to put a "break" and conclude. Do we
 have to reach 100% agreement? or have some voices more weight than others?
 How to we take the final decision in such a ticket?

 My view is that we need to reach a consensus on what represents a good
 enough solution, without any strong objections to the approach left
 outstanding.

 I feel that there is a good case for adding extra structure to this
 proposal, in order to meet a set of use cases which we have for specifying
 and working with vector quantities.

 I have tried to stress how important it is for our use of this feature
 that we can precisely define the role of a component within the scope of
 the vector container, we feel this is a crucial factor in delivering the
 benefit we seek.

 I also think it needs careful consideration how this new type of
 assocation will scale in the future of CF.  The opportunity to
 semantically group data variables has not been present in CF before, it's
 posential applications are not yet clear but there may be many.  For this
 reason I think it will be a very valuable approach for us to take to
 define a type for the vector container, so that if other containers are
 required in the future their usage can be clearly separated from what we
 decide here.

 For these reasons I have strong objections to the simplified solution and
 I urge those who favor the simplified solution to reconsider my position.
 I do not think that the solution I presented in [comment:55 comment:55]
 adds a lot of complexity, it feels clear and self describing to me,
 whilst it brings significant benefit to the people I work with.  This is
 why I am continuing to request that it is implemented by the community.

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