Re: [CF-metadata] Another potentially useful extension to the standard_name table

2012-09-13 Thread Robert Muetzelfeldt
Hi Martin, Is there some reason why the element must have a flat set of sub-elements, as in your example below?It seems to me that from an XML data-design point-of-view, a neater data model would be: ... See note [1] below ... ...see note [2] below ... ... This design is: - more

[CF-metadata] Another potentially useful extension to the standard_name table

2012-09-13 Thread Schultz, Martin
Dear all, during the recent discussion on "compound_name" as additional tag in the standard_names.xml file and in relation to track ticket #90 it occurred to me that another useful addition could be to express the "need" of certain variable attributes in this table as well. This refers to