Dear Jonathan,
The alias structure has developed into a deprecation mechanism and some of the
more recent corrections have changed the meanings of the terms, so that the
term and its alias are no longer synonyms. Using the alias mechanism to
establish synonyms between undeprecated terms invite
Dear John
Yes, good suggestion, we could adopt a new pattern vertical_distance_between_X
and_Y for cases where "thickness" sounds peculiar.
Aliases are really intended for cases where we make mistakes or change our
minds, rather than to provide synonyms deliberately. We've preferred to force
ours
Perhaps the infamous aliases would be an appropriate technique? I
seem to recall that aliases are considered OK in some cases in CF, or
am I remembering that incorrectly?
I like the idea of 'distance_between_sea_floor_and_sea_surface'
myself, rather than 'thickness_of_ocean' (though the la
Dear Jeff and Roy
I agree, it is arbitrary whether it is called
sea_floor_depth_below_sea_surface
or
sea_surface_height_above_sea_floor
and I agree with Roy that consistency with existing names would suggest
the former.
It's interesting that this kind of ambiguity hasn't arisen before. What you
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