Re: [CF-metadata] netcdf4 and CF-1.6

2012-03-30 Thread Russ Rew
Hi Corey, > On 30/03/12 15:01, Corey Bettenhausen wrote: > > To the CF group in general, how can I help to introduce groups into > > the CF conventions? And also extend CF to HDF5? What's the first > > step I need to take? > > My experience is that coming up with a proposal or two is a good star

Re: [CF-metadata] standard names for defined global attribute names

2012-03-30 Thread Nan Galbraith
Ah, I think I see - you're using 'institution' the way 'station' or 'cast' might be used in a collection of feature types. Do all the possible instance variables (station, profile...) need to have standard names, too? I think what's confusing to some of us is that the concept of coordinates

Re: [CF-metadata] netcdf4 and CF-1.6

2012-03-30 Thread Mike Grant
On 30/03/12 15:01, Corey Bettenhausen wrote: > To the CF group in general, how can I help to introduce groups into > the CF conventions? And also extend CF to HDF5? What's the first > step I need to take? My experience is that coming up with a proposal or two is a good start, as it will often get

Re: [CF-metadata] netcdf4 and CF-1.6

2012-03-30 Thread Corey Bettenhausen
Mike, thanks for response. I agree with all of your points. My suggestion to inch CF towards supporting netCDF4 files with data only in the root group was simply to get the process started. Baby steps. To the CF group in general, how can I help to introduce groups into the CF conventions? And a

Re: [CF-metadata] Trailing spaces in standard names

2012-03-30 Thread alison.pamment
Dear All, In February Richard Hattersley pointed out that a number of standard names had trailing white space in the XML version of the standard name table: atmosphere_moles_of_acetic_acid atmosphere_moles_of_alpha_hexachlorocyclohexane tendency_of_atmosphere_mass_content_of_nitrogen_monoxid

Re: [CF-metadata] CF-1.6 Conformance Requirements/Recommendations

2012-03-30 Thread Egil Støren
Hi all, Even if the missing aux coordinate values never will be found, I think there is legitimate uses of data where some of the aux coordinate values are missing where data values exist. For example if you want to compute the average of data variables, you do not need the aux coordinate vari