Re: [CF-metadata] Renaming of GitHub repositories

2019-07-09 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Hi David, On 09/07/2019 12:20, David Hassell wrote: > I'm not sure about this - I thought that the ".github.io > " site was somehow magically created for you by > GitHub, not one that you named yourself? If this is right, I don't > really know the implications of it, so I would w

Re: [CF-metadata] proposed migration of these discussions to GitHub

2019-04-05 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
This may not be your first choice, but is it satisfactory? Fine, let's give it a go :+1: > > Is there anyone who is interested in CF but would not be willing or able to > use GitHub in future to raise questions that at present they would ask on this > email list? > > Best

Re: [CF-metadata] proposed migration of these discussions to GitHub

2019-04-05 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Dear Jonathan, for what it's worth, I am with Chris on this one. Imho a mailing list is the right format to shoot a question when you don't yet know exactly the approach (is it a feature request? a bug? just a clarification?) and who exactly you should ask. This way you reach all interested parti

Re: [CF-metadata] same attribute name in variable and in global

2019-03-15 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Hi, we should also try to make sure that any approach here is consistent with the upcoming groups proposal [1]. Klaus [1] https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/pull/145/files#diff-72315029966a0acd1d12ff8e03994c88R220 On 15/03/2019 15:19, Jim Biard wrote: > Lars, > > > Good catch! It

Re: [CF-metadata] Addition of HFC standard names

2019-03-13 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Good morning, just a technical clarification: long names are not standardized within cf, correct? Indeed, typical long names don't follow the snake_case convention, but are rather more free-form and human readable/understandable. They are chosen by the user, often giving information beyond the st

Re: [CF-metadata] [CF-metadar ata] [EXTERNAL] 'months since' and 'years since' time units

2018-10-29 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Hello All, all in all it seems that there is broad agreement that we need a new way to describe coarser time information that has to be separate from the time domain as described in udunits and, by extension, CF up to now. The finest unit there should be a general calendar month, the only other o

Re: [CF-metadata] 'months since' and 'years since' time units

2018-10-18 Thread Klaus Zimmermann
Hello All, On 18/10/18 13:08, Martin Juckes - UKRI STFC wrote: > Hello All, > > > I think the UNIDATA pull request referenced Jeff > (https://github.com/Unidata/cftime/pull/69) is mis-quoting the CF Convention. > As far as I can see, Unidata says that a month is exactly one 12th of a year, >