Dear John
> Do we use "cross referencing variables" just in the "coordinates"
> attribute or are there other places?
There are several of them apart from coordinates: variables are named by
cell_measures (as Balaji mentioned), formula_terms, ancillary_variables,
bounds, climatology, grid_mapping
Hi Jonathan, Steve, et al:
Question:
Do we use "cross referencing variables" just in the "coordinates"
attribute or are there other places?
Comment:
Not having the files explicitly named means that the collection of files
is defined externally. NcML does this, as apparently does the cdms
c
Dear all
Using metadata to describe a file internally is much more robust than encoding
filenames in a file, and therefore seems preferable to me. I am concerned that
the gridspec proposal suggests using relative filenames in an attribute in the
file (associate_files). If I understand correctly, t
(My apologies for a rushed answer ... proposal deadlines today.)
The CF group discussed this topic at length in the context of how to
infer membership in a model ensemble: how can CF make it evident that
one model run is a close cousin of another's? The basic strategy that
emerged from those
Stephen Emsley wrote:
Can anyone summarize what SAFE does?
I will give it a shot as I brought it up in the first place!
The Standard Archive Format for Europe (SAFE) was developed as a common format
for archiving to ensure long-term preservation of EO data holdings, both
historical and opera
The gridspec indeed had a proposal about this. Clearly it was a bit
off-topic, but some mechanism of referring to other files was needed. It
consists of an attribute called a link_spec, which has attributes of a
baseURL, a relative pathname, and a checksum for verifying whether the
external file b
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This topic deserves its own heading, so here it is.
Perhaps
This topic deserves its own heading, so here it is.
Perhaps we should gather current practices and ideas. I think Balaji's gridspec
has a proposal about this. Can anyone summarize what SAFE does?
Im imagining how this is actually used, eg:
float data(y,x);
data:coordinates = "l...@file1 l...@
